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We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraq resent being invaded and know the ground better than we do.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
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Farmer
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Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry
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For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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