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Quote by Lucy Larcom
Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not k

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good. – Lucy Larcom

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