What folly were the violet to envy the rose! Since

Beauty is much, and grace is much, and mien and demeanor and wit; but a

prepotent and psychic essence there is transcending the power of these.

And,

As the suave and subtle essence is not distinct from, but springs from,

the tangible and numerable petals, so the spirit perceives that its

fleshy vesture is not a thing apart, to be donned or doffed at will, to b

e contemned or left out of regards, but indeed at integral and

inseparable portion of itself; for

In the very woof and warp of flesh, sprit is immanent and enmeshed.

Indeed--though in a mystic sense--

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