Quote#Nature
It is now spring of the year, and you have all had the privilege of…
Quote byAnn Lee · 1736–1784
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875).
English (original)
It is now spring of the year, and you have all had the privilege of being taught the way of God; and now you may all go home and be faithful with your hands. Every faithful man will go forth and put up his fences in season, and will plow his ground in season, and put his crops into the ground in season; and such a man may with confidence look for a blessing.
— Ann Lee
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