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A flower of a bluish violet color. 
Admiration. 
“Of evening tinct 
The purple-streaming Amethyst is thine.” 
— Thomson. 
Hp HE recollection of men who' have signalized themselves by great 
thoughts or great deeds, seems as if to create, for the time, a purer 
atmosphere around us ; and we feel as if our aims and purposes were un¬ 
consciously elevated. 
“Tell me whom you admire ,” said Sainte-Beuve, “and I will tell 
you what you are, at least as regards your talents, tastes, and character.” 
l)o you admire mean men ?—your own nature is mean. 
Do you admire rich men?—you are of the earth, earthly. 
Do you admire men of title ?—you are a toad-eater, or a tuft-hunter. 
Do you admire good, honest, brave, and manly men ?—you are your¬ 
self of a good, honest, brave, and manly spirit. 
“Learn, therefore, to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is 
that ” says a very practical writer. 
“Note what great men admired; they admired great things; narrow 
spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.” 
A genus of plants of the Ranunculus, or crow-foot family; wind¬ 
flower. 
