Sebum acre. 
Natural Order: Crassulaccce — Orpine Family. 
LANTS of this genus grow in very thin soil, sometimes in 
a the crevices of bare rocks, and, as the Latin name indicates, 
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would seem to be sitting there. The English Moss, which 
is so often called Wall Pepper, is frequently cultivated as a 
border for flower beds, and as an ornament to old walls, 
the surface of which it soon covers, as it spreads rapidly 
A and requires so little for sustenance. The whole plant contains an 
pAT, acrid juice. The flowers are yellow. 
TT7TIEN the whole host of hatred stood hard by, 
* * To watch and mock thee shrinking, thou hast smiled 
With a sedate and all-enduring eye; 
When fortune fled her spoiled and favorite child, 
He stood unbowed beneath the ills upon him piled. 
— Bvron. 
'T'HE star of the unconquered will, 
He rises in my breast, 
Serene, and resolute, and still, 
And calm, and self-possessed. 
O fear not in a world like this, 
And thou shalt know ere long — 
Know how sublime a thing it is 
To suffer and be strong. 
— Longfellow. 
HTRUE fortitude is seen in great exploits 
A That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; 
All else is towering phrensy and distraction. 
— Addison. 
G' IRI) your hearts with silent fortitude, 
Suffering yet hoping all things. 
— Mrs. Hemans. 
PORGETFUL of ourselves, 
1 Giving but little heed 
To the confusing strife, 
The winding ways of life, 
Yet careful of its anxious cry of need. 
TN war was never lion’s rage so fierce; 
A In peace, was never gentle lamb more mild. 
— Shakespeare. 
Thus we may meet the storm, 
Still brave, and true, and strong; 
And, like a golden chain, 
Some lives may take the gain, 
Some hearts be gladdened by our simple song. 
— Tamar Anne Kermode. 
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