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Acts of vandalism takes budget money that could otherwise be used to improve an area to repair existing facilities that have been damaged. It causes extra work for Department of Conservation staff and takes department funds, which are provided through fees and tax dollars from Missouri citizens, away from other project an areas.


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ERIC HOFFER The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do un...
ERIC HOFFER Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
ERIC HOFFER Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like ...
ERIC HOFFER Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing...
ERIC HOFFER Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans:...
ERIC BENTLY