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" GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility... "
The Journal of the Indian archipelago and eastern Asia (ed. by J.R. Logan). - Page 697
edited by - 1849
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...greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, 5 men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection....
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