One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no mo…

Edward Abbey
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One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work, play, and living experience. But this remains the most utopian and fantastic of ideals. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.21, RosettaBooks
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