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One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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Liberty Hyde Bailey
botanist, pteridologist, writer, horticulturist, botanical collector
1858 – 1954
Liberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life. He was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. As an energetic reformer during the Progressive Era, he was instrumental in starting agricultural extension services, the 4-H movement, the nature study movement, parcel post and rural electrification. He was considered the father of rural sociology and rural journalism.
All Quotes by Liberty Hyde Bailey
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Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.
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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey