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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:9076
AUTHOR:Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
QUOTATION:“The earth loveth the shower,” and “the holy ether knoweth what love is.” 1 The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made.
ATTRIBUTION:Meditations. x. 21.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Fragmenta Euripidis, apud Aristotelem, N. A. viii. 1, 6. [back]
 

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