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The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
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Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry
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