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The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but it is not so really for, even while it existed, this surface goodwill was often an empty show.

— Flora Thompson

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Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above all a quiet mind.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.

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