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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements let's be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worth while.

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements let's be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worth while.

Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Laura Ingalls Wilder: documented activity in 1932. Wikidata Q237514, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237514 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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