A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects.
Edna FerberAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 15, 1885
- Died: April 16, 1968
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