ليست الغابة تستأثر بقلوب الناس لجمالها بقدر ما تستأثر بها تلك الخاصية الخفية، تلك الجودة في الهواء، وذلك الفيض المنبعث من الأشجار القديمة، الذي يغيّر الروح المُنهكة ويجدّدها على نحوٍ بديع.
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“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”Robert Louis Stevenson — The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses (2015)