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" If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest. "
Richard Jefferies
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" The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been. "
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