Random quote of the day:

 

“Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.”

—Anonymous, The Ladies Repository, September 1874

 

This quote has been widely misattributed to Henry Van Dyke (and sometimes to Thoreau).  In actual fact, the first known use of it was in The Ladies Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, Arts, and Religion, September 1874.  It was used without attribution.

 

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