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A C // / L 1) F NATV R / 
All this lay deep in the boy's heart, 
but it was dim in his thought ; for 
the real things of life rise very 
gradually into consciousness ; they 
are born in experience and slowly 
ascend out of the deeps where the 
soul touches the Infinite in the 
innermost recesses oi being. The 
\ child plucks the flower with a care- 
less hand and does not know that 
its roots are deep in the mystery of 
the universe and that earth and sky 
meet in its making. It is hrst a 
rlower to the eve, and then, when its 
wonderful relationships are under- 
stood, it blooms again in the im- 
agination; and it is in this second 
J blooming that art gathers it fresh and tT" 
S fragrant for immortal blossoming. 
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