Quote#Solitude
Travellers penetrating to the find ' flourishing alone, and spreading…
Quote byMargaret Plues · 1828–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (text at archive.org).
English (original)
Travellers penetrating to the find ' flourishing alone, and spreading its light s in a region of "thick-ribbed ice;" ' was found by on ; and in and Iceland, where there is scarcely light enough for the humblest vegetables to flourish, ' not only endures the sleet and bitter cold, and spreads its blossoms under such inhospitable circumstances, but actually ripens abundance of seed.
— Margaret Plues
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