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which they demand, and the species of maternity which 

 they solicit. My imperceptible garden of twelve trees 

 and three beds did not fail to remind me of the great 

 fertile vineyard where I was born; and I found, too, 

 some degree of happiness, by the side of an ardent in- 

 tellect, which toiled athirst in the dreary ways and wastes 

 of human history, in cherishing for him these living 

 waters and the charm of a few flowers." 



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