A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. - D. Elton Trueblood

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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

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About D. Elton Trueblood

D. Elton Trueblood (December 12, 1900 – December 20, 1994) was a noted 20th-century American Quaker author and theologian, former chaplain both to Harvard and Stanford universities.

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Alternative Names: David Elton Trueblood
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