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good and courageous men who might seek to de¬ 
stroy his wicked power, and he stole away many of 
the best people from their beautiful Italy, and shut 
them up in his strong prisons. 
“ Perhaps you think flowers need not trouble 
themselves about the sorrows of men ; but we were 
made to minister to their happiness, and to con¬ 
sole them when in affliction. It is our greatest 
delight to please those who are superior to us. 
We are even willing to leave the fresh air and sun¬ 
shine, to go into the darkened chamber of the sick, 
though it shortens our lives, and we die without ri¬ 
pening into perfection. If I had been left to grow 
wild in my native fields, I might never have known 
any thing of human sorrow; but I will not regret 
even my beloved home, since I have given the so¬ 
lace of sympathy to the unfortunate. I would not 
change places with all my sisters, whose very name 
