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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
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Lazy
Rangers
Selling
Tolls
Tables
Desks
Sitting
Tickets
Booths
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Scheming
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Filling
Loafers
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Toll
Work
Parks
Charts

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