Friday, November 16, 2012

Sixteenth Century Quote of the Week


"God Almighty first planted a garden; and indeed it is the purest of human pleasures."

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
English philosopher, statesman, and scientist
"On Gardens" in The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, by Francis ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625)

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