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Presently two girls of their own age, who had returned from the water-fetching, sprang out on them from ambush, and the four joined in one joyous gambol that lit up the hillside with shrill echoes and glimpses of flying limbs.
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James's brother, Edward, a bushy-bearded environmental Jeremiah, founded The Ecologist magazine (which Goldsmith later took over) and campaigned against industrialisation, echoing Gandhi's idealisation of the traditional village, though it was unclear how much water-fetching and yarn-spinning he was prepared to put in personally.
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James's brother, Edward, a bushy-bearded environmental Jeremiah, founded The Ecologist magazine (which Goldsmith later took over) and campaigned against industrialisation, echoing Gandhi's idealisation of the traditional village, though it was unclear how much water-fetching and yarn-spinning he was prepared to put in personally.
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