Susan Fenimore Cooper Quotes

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It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each other; both with ceaseless, noiseless advances, aiming at the mastery; and if the influences of the first be most general, those of the last are the most striking.

Susan Fenimore Cooper

Of the infinite variety of fruits which spring from the bosom of the earth, the trees of the wood are the greatest in dignity. Of all the works of the creation which know the changes of life and death, the trees of the forest have the longest existence.

Susan Fenimore Cooper

What a noble gift to man are the forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe for their utility and their beauty!

Susan Fenimore Cooper

Never forget the difference between things of importance and trifles; yet remember that trifles have also their value.

Susan Fenimore Cooper

Susan Fenimore Cooper

Susan Fenimore Cooper

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Born: April 17, 1813

Died: December 31, 1894 (aged 81)

Bio: Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper was an American writer and amateur naturalist. She founded an orphanage in Cooperstown, New York and made it a successful charity.

Known for:

Rural hours (1850)
Elinor Wyllys
The Lumley Autograph
Female Suffrage
The rhyme & reason of country life

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