It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each other; both with ceaseless, noiseless advances, aiming at the mastery; and if the influences of the… — Susan Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“The arbutus is now open everywhere in the woods and groves. How pleasant it is to meet the same flowers year after year! If the blossoms were liable to change–if they were to become capricious and irregular–they might excite more surprise, more curiosity, but we should love them less; they might be just as bright, and gay, and fragrant under… — Susan Fenimore Cooper Copy Share
Of the infinite variety of fruits which spring from the bosom of the earth, the trees of the wood are the greatest in dignity. — Susan Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each… — Susan Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility!… — Susan Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
