"To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him with a higher ideal of life than he had when he began. If in one small degree it shows him where he can beâ€¦gentler, saner, cleaner, kindlierâ€¦it is a wonder-working book. If it opens his eyes to one beauty in nature he never saw for himself and leads him one step toward the God of the Universe, it is a beneficial bookâ€¦"

-- Gene Stratton-Porter

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