A Quote by Edward Abbey

Alaska's chief attractions are: (a) its small and insignificant human population, thanks to the miserable climate; and (b) its large and magnificent wildlife population, thanks to (a). Both of these attractions are being rapidly diminished, however, by (c) the Law of Growth and Space-Age Sleaze.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
American - Author
January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989

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David Attenborough

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