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~ri}e fellow Jasmine. 
A climbing plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a pecu¬ 
liarly fragrant odor. 
“Out in the lonely woods the Jasmine burns 
Its fragrant lamps, and turns 
Into a royal court, with green festoons, 
The banks of dark lagoons.” 
—Henry Timrod. 
Grace and Elegance. 
than anything else. 
f HERE are persons, it cannot be denied, who have obviously that 
" sweet, attractive sort of grace” of which the poet sings. 
When we meet them, we wonder that everybody has not attempted 
to imitate them, that everybody does not acknowledge their excellence, and 
beg for the recipe! 
It seems as easy for them to be delightful, as it is for a rose to be 
sweet or a star to shine. 
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They always say the right thing at the right time; they never remind 
us, if we are rich to-day, that we were poor yesterday! 
They never repeat the disagreeable things others have said of us, nor 
criticise our friends in our presence, nor snub nor embarrass us. 
They have, certainly, that kind of common sense which may almost 
be said to amount to genius —a genius for divining the feelings and pre¬ 
judices of others; for making one feel at ease. 
