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wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.

Wallace Stegner

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Wallace Stegner
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 18
Died: 1993
Died: April 13
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Environmentalist
Historian
Naturalist
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Writer
Lake Mills
Iowa
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