There are some optimists who search eagerly for the skunk cabbage which in February sometimes pushes itself up … - Joseph Wood Krutch

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Joseph Wood Krutch

There are some optimists who search eagerly for the skunk cabbage which in February sometimes pushes itself up through the ice, and who call it a sign of spring. I wish that I could feel that way about it, but I do not. The truth of the matter, to me, is simply that skunk cabbage blooms in the winter time.

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