In the long-range view, I am an optimist: I think that the greed and stupidity of industrial culture will save us from ourselves by self-destruction. — Edward Abbey, letter to George Sessions, PhD, Aug. 30, 1979 from Orion, July/August 2006, pg 49
Of course, that is not the full text of the quote. Abbey went on to comment about his pessimism in the short term as thought about the life his children would lead as we get from here to there.
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Love the quote.
Of course, that is not the full text of the quote. Abbey went on to comment about his pessimism in the short term as thought about the life his children would lead as we get from here to there.
dave
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