Quote#Nature
If you chance to live in a town where the authorities cannot rest…
Quote byThomas Bailey Aldrich · 1836–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Old Town by the Sea (1893), Ch. III. "A Stroll about Town", pp. 22–23.
English (original)
If you chance to live in a town where the authorities cannot rest until they have destroyed every precious tree within their blighting reach, you will be especially charmed by the beauty of the streets of Portsmouth. In some parts of the town, when the chestnuts are in blossom, you would fancy yourself in a garden in fairyland.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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