“ Men, if endowed with it by nature, soon lose, forget, and learn to despise it, in their contact with coarser things than flowers. ”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, House of the Seven Gables (1851). copy citation
| Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| Source | House of the Seven Gables |
| Topic | learning flower |
| Date | 1851 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/77/77-h/77-h.htm |
Context
“but Clifford's enjoyment was accompanied with a perception of life, character, and individuality, that made him love these blossoms of the garden, as if they were endowed with sentiment and intelligence. This affection and sympathy for flowers is almost exclusively a woman's trait. Men, if endowed with it by nature, soon lose, forget, and learn to despise it, in their contact with coarser things than flowers. Clifford, too, had long forgotten it; but found it again now, as he slowly revived from the chill torpor of his life.
It is wonderful how many pleasant incidents continually came to pass in that secluded garden-spot when once Phoebe had set herself to look for them.”
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