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Hollyhock.. ..Ambition. 
We have few flowers that contribute more to the 
ornamenting of large gardens than the Hollyhock, 
which, from its towering height and seeming love of 
display, is the emblem of ambition. The flowers are 
of all hues, from a blackish-purple to a faint white, 
and, though very beautiful, are without fragrance. 
They give gayety to the shrubbery until a late season 
of the year, throwing out a succession of flowers till 
the arrival of frost. 
Yet, press on! 
For it shall make you mighty among men; 
And, from the eyrie of your eagle thought, 
Ye shall look down on monarchs. Oh! press on! 
For the high ones and powerful shall come 
To do you reverence; and the beautiful 
Will know the purer language of your soul, 
And read it like a talisman of love. 
Press on! for it is godlike to unloose 
The spirit, and forget yourself in thought. 
Willis. 
To the expanded and aspiring soul, 
To be but still the thing it long has been, 
Is misery, e’en though enthroned it were 
Under the cope of high imperial state. 
Joanna Baillie. 
