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Nature is always trying to tell us that we are not so superior or independent or alone or autonomous as we may think.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
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Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
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But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.
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