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Expose a child to a particular environment at this susceptible time and he will perceive in the shapes of that environment until he dies.

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
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Lake Mills
Iowa
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