I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels,

Benjamin Franklin
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I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it is not given our fallen nature to understand. ✨ The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American Authors.
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