Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. ✨ Edwa…

Edward Abbey
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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. ✨ Edward Abbey (1968). Desert Solitaire, p.169, Simon and Schuster
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