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In a way, a garden is the most useless of creations, the most slippery of creations: it is not like a painting or a piece of sculpture__t won__ accrue value as time goes on. Time is its enemy_ time passing is merely the countdown for the parting between garden and gardener.
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In a way, a garden is the most useless of creations, the most slippery of creations: it is not like a painting or a piece of sculpture__t won__ accrue value as time goes on. Time is its enemy_ time passing is merely the countdown for the parting between garden and gardener.

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