“The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.”
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Cather, W. (n.d.). The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28774-the-sun-was-like-a-great-visiting-presence/
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Cather, Willa. “The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28774-the-sun-was-like-a-great-visiting-presence/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Cather, Willa. “The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28774-the-sun-was-like-a-great-visiting-presence/.