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• Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
• There are two kinds are art: (1) decorative, nonobjective, wallpaper a
  and (2) art with a moral purpose. -- Edward Abbey...
• The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe--fear and awe of the State.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire.
  From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now...
• The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change.
  By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient. -- Edward Abbey...
• If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture - that is immortality enough for me.
  And as much as anyone deserves. -- Edward Abbey...
• What the heck's a tree doing in a forest???
• The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
• Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees. -- J.J. Furna