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“Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop,…” quote by Basil Bunting — Download Open image

“Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop, larder, middenpit. Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by cities provides us with name and nation.”

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