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Sarah Orne Jewett

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A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.
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Country By-Ways, River Driftwood (1881)

 
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