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Put the park rangers to work. Lazy scheming loafers, they've wasted too many years selling tickets at toll booths and sitting behind desks filling out charts and tables

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Behind
Filling
Loafers
Many
Park
Toll
Work
Parks
Charts
Years
Lazy
Rangers
Selling
Tolls
Tables
Desks
Sitting
Tickets
Booths
Behinds
Wasted
Scheming

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