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"Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds."
"We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth."
"It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift."
"All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial."
Explore more quotes by Liberty Hyde Bailey
"No beast has ever conquered the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion."
"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."
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