Commonplace Book

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The Cascade in the gardens of Chatsworth House, voted the best water feature in England, was constructed (amazingly enough) in 1696.[/caption]

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It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
—Thomas Bulfinch

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It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn’t have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that.
—Bill Bryson

PAGE 11

To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed.
—Brian Harris

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What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt—it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.
—Hal Boyle