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"I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult."
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"This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young."
"The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land."
"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."
"While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk."
"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."
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"Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world."
"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."
"Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities."
"We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain."
"My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon."
"The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset."
"Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion."
"A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them."
"A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion."
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