OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



thing is a small thing, if we look at each 

 of our little victories one by one. It is a 

 small thing, too, in appearance, that we 

 should have a few more thoughts in our 

 heads, a new feeling at our hearts ; and 

 yet it is just that which slowly leads us 

 where we hope to win. 



After all, we have here a very real 

 faft, namely, that we live in a world in 

 which flowers are more beautiful and 

 more numerous than formerly; and 

 perhaps we have the right to add that 

 the thoughts of men are more just and 

 greedier of truth. The smallest joy 

 gained and the smallest grief con- 

 quered should be marked in the Book 

 of Humanity. It behooves us not to lose 

 sight of any of the evidence that we are 

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