“I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.”

—  E. B. White

A Winter Diary: January, 1941 http://books.google.com/books?id=Kq7WAAAAMAAJ&amp;q=%22I+am+always+humbled+by+the+infinite+ingenuity+of+the+lord+who+can+make+a+red+barn+cast+a+blue+shadow%22&amp;g=PA170#v=onepage <br class="br">One Man&#x27;s Meat (1942)

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