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To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
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New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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