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Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly

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
Novelist
Writer
Lake Mills
Iowa
Rings
Roots
Deep
Grow
Grows
Values
Live
Approve
Long
Slowly

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