By: Ardis E. Parshall - April 19, 2012 The Acorn An Address Spoken by a Young Saint By Edward S. Shaw Dear friends, behold this tiny fruit:It seems a wondrous thing,That, wrapt up in an acorn’s shell,Should live a forest king. But plant it in a genial soil,And as the year rolls round,Then may you see a hardy plantAppear above the ground. Observe its growth: it rises high;Its limbs stretch far and wide;The acorn has become a tree;T...
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