Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it Is the scholastic air any advantage. (Henry David Thoreau)

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it Is the scholastic air any advantage.

Henry David Thoreau

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