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Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower of tree the hermit tatters of old bark split down and strip to end the season and can be quiet and not look for reasons past the edge of reason.

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Judith Wright
Age: 85 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 31
Died: 2000
Died: June 25
Environmentalist
Historian
Human Rights Activist
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Armidale
New South Wales
Australia
Judith McKinney
Judith Arundell Wright
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