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Quotation from My Ántonia by Willa Cather
“There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made”
My Ántonia, Book I, Ch. 1 (1918 first edition)
Jim's first impression of the Nebraska prairie at night from the wagon.
Citation: "There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made" — Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Book I, Ch. 1 (1918 first edition). (id my-antonia-q1)
Portrait: Willa Cather ca. 1912 wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett (cropped), Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain.
