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object. Except the first three, these do not seem to have 

 taken much notice of the quiet botanical weaver. As 

 Mr. Beveridge says of him in Tough, " Few, very few 

 appreciated the man for his talents, so as to bring him into 

 any prominence ; and being poor made all the difference 

 in the world. He fought his battles all alone. Unheeded, 

 uncared for, he was truly one of Nature's own children, of 

 whom the world knows but little. I have often thought 

 that if ever there was a flower born to blush unseen, it was 

 John Duncan." 



