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Quote by John Burroughs
I always feel at home where the sugar maple grows.... glorious in

I always feel at home where the sugar maple grows…. glorious in autumn, a fountain of coolness in summer, sugar in its veins, gold in its foliage, warmth in its fibers, and health in it the year round. – John Burroughs

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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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How dear the woods are! You beautiful trees! I love every one of you as a friend. – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, 1909

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Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson,
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