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Hazel. .. .Peace — Reconciliation. 
Fable gives the following account of the origin of 
the signification of^he Hazel. There was a time when 
men were at constant war with each other, and could 
not he restrained from cruelty and revenge by any tie 
of kin. The gods at length took pity on them. Apollo 
and Mercury made presents to each other, and de 
scended to the earth. The god of harmony received 
from the son of Maia the shell of a tortoise, out of 
which he had constructed a lyre, and gave him in ex¬ 
change a Hazel stick, which had the power of impart¬ 
ing a love of virtue and of reconciling hearts divided 
by envy and hate. By the power thus given him, 
Mercury taught men the love of peace, and of home 
and country, and made commerce the bond of nations. 
Adorned with two light wings, and entwined with ser¬ 
pents, the Hazel rod given to the god of eloquence by 
the god of harmony is still, by the name of caduceus, 
the emblem of peace, commerce, and reconciliation. 
Oh then that wisdom may we know, 
Which leads a life of peace below l 
Sprague. 
Peace, sweet peace is ever found 
In her eternal home on holy ground. 
Mrs. Embury. 
