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STOICISM. 
STRENGTH. 
FENNEL. 
A savoury odour blown, more pleased my sense 
Than smell of sweetest fennel, or the teats 
Of ewe, or goat, dropping with milk at ev n. 
MILTON. 
The gladiators mingled this plant with 
their food, from a supposition that it tended 
to increase their strength. After the games 
were over, the conqueror was crowned with a 
wreath of fennel. The Romans named the 
plant anethum. 
STOICISM. 
BOX. 
The tree box loves the shade, and will grow 
under the drip of trees. It maintains its ver¬ 
dant appearance in winter as well as summer. 
It requires no care, and endures for centuries. 
On account of its resistance to the changes of 
the seasons, and the power of time, it has been 
made the emblem of stoicism. 
