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And if we ask what are the cultural resources that can inform and sustain a proper creaturely and stewardly awareness of the lives in a farmer's keeping, I believe that we will find them gathered under the heading of husbandry.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
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