Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot. - Flora Thompson

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Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

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About Flora Thompson

Flora Jane Thompson (December 5 1876 – May 21 1947) was an English author and poet, most well-known for her semi-autobiographical trilogy, Lark Rise to Candleford and her posthumously published novel Still Glides the Stream.

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Alternative Names: Flora Jane Timms Flora Jane Thompson Flora (June) Thompson
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Manner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is an intelligent, self respecting workman, on a level at least with the town artisan. The village rustic of the past no longer exists outside of the comic papers.

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