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Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret. Aphra Behn		Thursday Apr 24, 2025
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About Herbert Ernest Bates

	Herbert Ernest Bates
	(1905-1974) The Country Heart - English novelist and short-story writer.

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He who wishes to fulfill his mission in the world must be a man of one idea, that is, of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life.

A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but selfcritical journey on the part of its owner.

Climate helps to shape the character of peoples, certainly no people more than the English. The uncertainty of their climate has helped to make the English, a long-suffering, phlegmatic, patient people rather insensitive to surprise, stoical against storms,. slightly incredulous at every appearance of the sun, touched by the lyrical gratitude of someone who expects nothing and suddenly receives more than he dreamed.

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