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She had believed the land was her enemy and she struggled against it but you could not make war against a land any more than you could against the sea. One had to learn to live with it to belong to it to fit into its seasons and its ways.
She had believed the land was her enemy and she struggled against it but you could not make war against a land any more than you could against the sea. One had to learn to live with it to belong to it to fit into its seasons and its ways.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Louis L'Amour
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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