“One final paragraph of advice: do not
burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time
crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your
lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is
even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get
out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out
yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the
rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while
and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome
space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly
attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I
promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men
and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by
desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.” ~
Edward Abbey
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