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ETWEEN the Holtyhocks of this generation and the unpre- 
w .tending flower of our ancestors there is a marked difference. 
^Formerly its single blossoms used to cluster around the stalk 
as it grew beside the cabin of the early settler or mingled 
with the humble flowers in the dooryard of the villager. The 
Hollyhock of today — how supurb! Ruffle after ruffle has it 
added to its rosette, so silky and soft, until it is full to repletion, 
and close has it crowded them along its tall stem; step by step has 
it advanced to the lawn, gaining admiration as it approached the acme 
of its perfection. The colors of the blossoms are various. The plants 
look well grouped, or planted in rows, or arranged as a background 
to lower-growing plants. It blooms the second year from the seed, or 
can be propagated by dividing the root. 
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AMBITION is an idol on whose wings 
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Great minds are carried only to extreme: 
To be sublimely great, or to be nothing. 
— Southern. 
AMBITION is at a distance 
T* a goodly prospect, tempting to the view; 
The height delights us, and the mountain top 
Looks beautiful because ’tis nigh to heaven. 
— Otvjay. 
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E not with honor’s gilded baits beguiled, 
Nor think ambition wise, because ’tis brave; 
For though we like it, as a forward child, 
’Tis so unsound, her cradle is her grave. 
— Sir W. Davenant. 
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W HO soars too near the sun, with golden wings, 
Melts them; — to ruin his own fortune brings. 
— Shakespeare. 
HERE ambition of place goes before fitness V'OU have dee Pl v ventured, 
Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow'. * But all must do so who would greatly win. 
-George Chapman. 
AMBITION is a spirit in the world, 
^ That causes all the ebbs and flows of nations. 
-Byron. 
-Crovjn. 
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