Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow.
Letters from an American Farmer · 1782
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Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John. "Letters From an American Farmer." Letters From an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America, edited by Albert E. Stone. Penguin Classics, 1981.
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Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume Jean [published as J. Hector St. John]. "What Is an American?" Letters from an American Farmer. London: Davies & Davies, 1782.