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H. T. Finck, author of Lotus Time in Japan, in which, 

 however, he attempts no description of the lotus. He says : 

 "But how can any one be expected to sketch this marvelous 



flower in words, when even a great painter can give but 

 a vague idea of its beauty?" He then quotes Mr. Alfred 

 Parsons in the following confession : "The lotus is one of 



