"A king of Frauee, when travelling in Catalonia, iliscovercd an ancient man 

 engaged unremittingly in the planting of date Ivcrni^ls. 'W'hy,' he asked, 'do you 

 sow the seeds of a tree of such tardy growth, seeing that the dates will not ripen 

 till a hundred years be passed?' 'Am I not then,' replied the other, 'eating the 

 fruit of trees planted by my forefathers who took thought for those who were to 

 come? Why, therefore, should I not do like unto them?'" — Travels of the Bohe- 

 mian Lir. Loril of hozniiliit and Btnlim, in. Western, Europe (1465-1467). 



