Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting…

Mark Twain
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Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. ✨ Mark Twain (2004). The Letters of Mark Twain, p.115, 1st World Publishing
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Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. ✨ Mark Twain (2004). The Letters of Mark Twain, p.115, 1st World Publishing

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