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The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire. - Sir Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, in a speech on Financial Reform at Blackpool, referring to Gladstone's tree felling hobby The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. - John Muir Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, To the silent wilderness. - Percy Bysshe Shelley Summer or winter, day or night, The woods are an ever-new delight; They give us peace, and they make us strong, Such wonderful balms to them belong: So, living or dying, I'll take mine ease Under the trees, under the trees. - Richard Henry Stoddard
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