He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowing. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.
Aldo LeopoldAbout author
- Author's profession: Ecologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 11, 1887
- Died: April 21, 1948
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