I came from an acorn, but will be an Oak,...I grow very slow but I grow very strong. It's the way, I think, of all trees.
Joseph Morris, The Mushroom and the Oak
Thus long I mused, nor lost sight of what I mused upon, save when, amid the stately grove of oaks, now here, now there, an acorn from its cup dislodged, through sere leaves rustled, or at once to the bare earth dropped with a startling sound.
William…
