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Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.

Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
Translator
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gary Snyder
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Nature
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Earth
Home
Ecology
Conservation

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O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion!
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