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In the 40,000 year time scale we're all the same people. we're all equally primitive, give or take two or three thousand years here or a hundred years there.
-Gary Snyder
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In The 40,000 Year Time Scale We're

Gary Snyder
In the 40,000 year time scale we're all the same people. we're all equally primitive, give or take two or three thousand years here or a hundred years there.
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