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History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and d

History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles many waters and holds in solution invisible substances stolen from distant soils. – Jacques Barzun, Clio and the Doctors

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Weed it and reap. – Gardening Saying

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Gardens… should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. – H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers

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Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart. – Russell Page

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I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. – F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace

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