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"It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift."
"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."
"That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth."
"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."
"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."
"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."
Explore more quotes by Liberty Hyde Bailey
"A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion."
"Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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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