Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

About Lucy Larcom

Lucy Larcomwas an American teacher, poet, and author. She was one of the first teachers at Wheaton Female Seminaryin Norton, Massachusetts, teaching there from 1854 to 1862.

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