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The Fern Garden . 
To the observant mind there is nothing trivial or paltry 
in nature, and the growth of a fern seed is the beginning 
of a mysterious life, the end of which no man can pre- 
dicate or understand. 
Behold ! we know not anything ; 
I can but trust that good shall fall 
At last — far off— at last, to all. 
And every winter change to spring. 
ADXAXTTTM EXCISTJM MULTIFIDUM, 
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