Dorothea Dix quoteDorothea Dix [1802-1887]
American Activist 
Quote rank: 302
| The fabled origin of the laurel is this. Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus, offended by the persecutions of Apollo, implored succour of the gods, who changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo crowned his head with the leaves and ordered that forever after, the tree should be sacred to him. |
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