Nature repairs her ravages, but not all. The uptorn trees are not root…

George Eliot
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Nature repairs her ravages, but not all. The uptorn trees are not rooted again; the parted hills are left scarred; if there is a new growth, the trees are not the same as the old, and the hills underneath their green vesture bear the marks of the past rending. To the eyes that have dwelt on the past, there is no thorough repair. ✨ George Eliot (1860). The Mill on the Floss, p.312
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