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“How often we have to thank the sense of beauty of some former country worker for sparing a sapling when cutting a hedge or taking a slip of some doomed tree and setting it 'quick i' the earth' to bloom for those who have come after.”

Quote by Adrian Bell

Book:A Countryman’s Summer Notebook

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A Countryman’s Summer Notebook

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Adrian Bell, born in 1901 in the United Kingdom, was an outstanding journalist. His career began in the 1920s, during which he reported on several major news events, known for his keen observation and profound insight. more

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