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
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
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