Quote#Nature
We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and…
Quote byThéodore Guérin · 1798–1856
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To the Right Reverend J. Bouvier, Bishop of Le Mans, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 1850-07-10..
English (original)
We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and linden blossoms, etc. In each excursion we discover something marvelous, beautiful, and useful in the magnificent forests of Indiana. At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. How bountifully He provides for all our wants -- I would even say for our pleasures! I love our woods and solitude very much; …
— Théodore Guérin
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