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many others better able than myself to present her claims. Nothing 

 is more beautiful than trees covered with fruit. And a public 

 Fruticetum would be a means of exhibiting fruit at its best, and of 

 stimulating culture. This might be added to our garden when public 

 morality has reached such a point that every child over six years of 

 age shall be too thoroughly grounded in principle to steal, even 

 under severe temptation, and be imbued with too much self-respect 

 to beg under any circumstances. 



