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FAMOUS LAST WORDS

by bravoey 2006. 4. 6.
 

FAMOUS LAST WORDS


one final paragraph of advice ; Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am--a reluctant enthusiast ... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here.

So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests. encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attatched to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a save deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculator. I promise you this ; you will outlive the bastards.


-- Edward Abbey


p.s

He died shortly after writing this!