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on the 9th of January
[ ... forests embellish the land. They instill in man a love of beauty. They raise the mind. They moderate the climate and in the lands where the climate in moderated then people struggle less with nature and the people in those lands are milder and gentler and their speech is more refined and their movements are more graceful and they cultivate the arts and sciences and there is joy in their philosophy and they treat women with nobleness. [Sonya, in the movie VANYA ON 42nd STREET - based on a story by Chekhov ]