My Summer In A Garden

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions as it is the latest. Mudpies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty weare pure.... » 

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions as it is the latest. Mudpies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty weare pure. Fondness for the ground comes back to a man after he has run theround of pleasure and business eaten dirt and sown wildoats drifted aboutthe world and taken the wind of all its moods. «