violet will have no rival among flowers 

 if we merely seek for a delicate fra- 

 grance, but her sister, the heartsease, 

 who is destitute of all sweetness, far 

 surpasses her in rich dresses." 



And surpasses not only in rich dress, 

 one would add to whom the pansy is 

 the flower of all others that rejoices in 

 an individuality of its own, which has 

 an expression, so to speak, in its pretty 

 face. Pluck if you will a handful of 

 pansies, golden-eyed, purple-hued, pied, 

 and striped, and then amuse yourself 

 by seeking to discover if any two of 

 them are quite alike. 



You will find that there is as much 

 difference between them as ther6 is 

 between human beings, and that some 

 are shy, while others look you in the 

 face with a challenge and defy you to 

 tell just where the difference lies. 



It wis this very characteristic of the 

 pansy or heartease, its individuality, 

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