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Caut^ns nobillS. Natural Order: Laurcicccc—Laurel Family. 
Jf AUREL is a shrub which grows in height from four to six 
p^feet, having a liberal supply of beautiful evergreen foliage, which 
I?' was much used by the ancients in decorating the brows ot their 
heroes. Chaplets of Laurel were given as a reward to orators, 
philosophers and poets. LEsculapius, the god of physic, 
wears a crown of laurel, because of its power in the cure 
of diseases. Daphne is said to have been changed into a laurel when 
she fled from the embrace of Apollo, whence its botanical name; and 
laureola, laurus (laurel), seem allied to the Latin laus, praise. The 
Laurel tree is of a very hot, acrid nature. It is always flourishing, 
never old, and conduces, according to the ancients, to divination and 
poetic raptures. The leaves, when put under the pillow, are said to 
produce true dreams. 
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G LORIES, like glow-worms, afar oft' shine bright; 
But look’d too near, have neither heat or light. 
— Webster. 
^ND should the aspiring man, that makes his gain ALAS for human greatness! and alas 
Tk For glory’s splendor on a mortal brow! 
The stateliest realms must down to ruin pass, 
Of other’s hurts, not hurt himself for gain? 
Not, when he stabs another for a purse, 
Prick his own bosom for a dearer price, 
And wound his heart to laurel-crown his head. 
And mightiest monarchs to a mightier bow; 
Alas! will death ne’er spare a gallant foe? 
— C. W. Everest. 
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G LORY is like a circle in the water, 
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, 
—Bird. 
LORY, like time, progression does require; 
When it does cease t’ advance, it does expire. 
—Lord Orrery. 
'll THAT is glory? What is fame? 
* * The echo of a long-lost name; 
Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought. 
— Shakespeare. 
A breath, an idle hour’s brief talk. 
— Motherwell. 
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T70R this world’s glory 
* Is figur’d in the moon; they both wax dull, 
And suffer their eclipses in the full. — Aleyn. 
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