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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. — D.H. Lawrence

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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

D.H. Lawrence
1929
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Flowers
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Paradox
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Poem
Time
1929
Person
D.H. Lawrence
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Citation
Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, introduction.

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