"There are no idealists in the plant world……" — Hal Borland

There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The… - Hal Borland

"There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly choke its competitors to death, and the fencerow rose will just as quietly crowd out any other plant that tried to share its roothold. Idealism and mercy are human terms and human concepts."

— Hal Borland

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