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Chapter 14

           "Itquickenedwithambitionunderthedrearydownpouroflastwinter,foughttheviolentearlyspring,flowered,andluredtheinsectsandthebees,scattereditsseeds,squareditselfwithitsdutyandtheworld,and" 

           "Whydoyoualwayslookatthingswithsuchdreadfullypracticaleyes?"sheinterrupted. 

           "BecauseI’vebeenstudyingevolution,Iguess. It’sonlyrecentlythatIgotmyeyesight,ifthetruthweretold." 

           "Butitseemstomeyoulosesightofbeautybybeingsopractical,thatyoudestroybeautyliketheboyswhocatchbutterfliesandrubthedownofftheirbeautifulwings." 

           Heshookhishead. 

           "Beautyhassignificance,butIneverknewitssignificancebefore. Ijustacceptedbeautyassomethingmeaningless,assomethingthatwasjustbeautifulwithoutrhymeorreason. Ididnotknowanythingaboutbeauty. ButnowIknow,or,rather,amjustbeginningtoknow. ThisgrassismorebeautifultomenowthatIknowwhyitisgrass,andallthehiddenchemistryofsunandrainandearththatmakesitbecomegrass. Why,thereisromanceinthelife-historyofanygrass,yes,andadventure,too. Theverythoughtofitstirsme. WhenIthinkoftheplayofforceandmatter,andallthetremendousstruggleofit,IfeelasifIcouldwriteanepiconthegrass. 

           "Howwellyoutalk,"shesaidabsently,andhenotedthatshewaslookingathiminasearchingway. 

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