The falling leaf that tells of autumn's death is, in a subtler sense, …

Robert Green Ingersoll
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The falling leaf that tells of autumn's death is, in a subtler sense, a prophecy of spring. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.4656, Library of Alexandria
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