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  Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be--a man....
• There are only two kinds of books--good books and the others.
  The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time. -- Edward Abbey...
• The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills. -- Edward Abbey
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  U.S. Navy Capt. Grace Murray Hopper has firsthand explanation....
• One thing I like about mountain climbing is that there are always plenty of excuses for turning back before disaster strikes.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• Whenever I read "Time" or "Newsweek" or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward.
  But how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind? -- Edward Abbey...
• Why so many want to read about the world out-of-doors when it's more interesting simply to go for a walk into the heart of it, I don't fully understand.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.
  -- Edward Abbey...