Andrew Jackson Downing Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Plant spacious parks in your cities, and loose their gates as wide as the morning, to the whole people.”
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“He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only raises crabs and choke pears, deserves to lose the respect of all sensible men.”
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“Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees full of soft foliage; blossoms fresh with spring bounty; and, finally, fruit, rich, bloom-dusted, melting, and luscious.”
-- Andrew Jackson Downing
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