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together. Many laughed to sie these rather 

 dissimilar products of nature growing so amica- 

 bly in company. But the strawberry, with an 

 inherent, not a borrowed nobility, " put on no 

 airs " towards its useful and humble neighbor. 

 The same warm winter covering sheltered both. 

 They both drew from one enriched soil the 

 elements of prosperity. In brief, the condi- 

 tions that were favorable for one were also for 

 both, and side by side they went on and 

 developed in accordance with their own laws 

 and nature, thus setting an excellent example to 

 the wealthy and working classes. Indeed, that 

 intermingled strawberry and onion bed was a 

 profound essay on political economy, teaching 

 that all classes can prosper together, not by be- 

 coming alike, and reducing society to dreary 

 monotony, but by each one carrying out with- 

 out hindrance or prejudice its own germinal 

 character in the most pronounced diversity, 



