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" Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution. "

Henry David Thoreau

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" Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly. "

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" As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. "

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" Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. "

" Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. "

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" And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. "

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" Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it. "

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