The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
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One final paragraph of advice Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of 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 is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet 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 attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this you will outlive the bastards.
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It seems clear at last that our love for the natural worldNatureis the only means by which we can requite Gods obvious love for it.
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Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.
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