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There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
Author
Farmer
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry
Never
Longing
Travel
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Sauntering
Walking
Trekking
Journey
Strolling
Walks
Hiking
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Foot
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