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If salt ocean is the Great Mother from whom all life has sprung, fresh water is the Nurse entrusted to nourish life within her wanderings and around her wave-lapped margins.

Henry Williamson

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Henry Williamson
Age: 81 †
Born: 1895
Born: December 1
Died: 1977
Died: August 13
Author
Farmer
Naturalist
Novelist
Writer
Lewisham
Henry William Williamson
Water
Margins
Mother
Nurse
Around
Salt
Great
Wander
Lapped
Life
Fresh
Wanderings
Wave
Entrusted
Ocean
Sprung
Within
Nourish

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