Doctor Luke of the Labrador - Norman Duncan - Bog

However bleak the Labrador-however naked and desolate that shore-flowers bloom upon it. However bitter the despoiling sea-however cold and rude and merciless-the gentler virtues flourish in the hearts of the folk.... And the glory of the coast-and the glory of the whole world-is mother-love: which began in the beginning and has continued unchanged to this present time-the conspicuous beauty of the fabric of life: the great constant of the problem.