. A tour round my garden . Natural history. LETTER LII. EACH PLANT HAS ITS OWN TYPE, BUT MEN TRY TO FORM THEMSELVES ON ONE SINGLE TYPE. If I sometimes appear to prefer trees and plants to men, I will not tell you, as my sole reason, that I owe ever-reviving pleasures to trees and flowers, and that men, with very few exceptions, have always been to me obstacles or enemies; for you know the human heart too well to be satisfied with this reason, and no one could pretend with a worse grace than 1, particularly to you, that our affections and antipathies are in direct ratio with the good or evil we
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. LETTER LII. EACH PLANT HAS ITS OWN TYPE, BUT MEN TRY TO FORM THEMSELVES ON ONE SINGLE TYPE. If I sometimes appear to prefer trees and plants to men, I will not tell you, as my sole reason, that I owe ever-reviving pleasures to trees and flowers, and that men, with very few exceptions, have always been to me obstacles or enemies; for you know the human heart too well to be satisfied with this reason, and no one could pretend with a worse grace than 1, particularly to you, that our affections and antipathies are in direct ratio with the good or evil we have received from the persons or objects which have given birth to them. I, who have given up all my life to one who has done me so much injury; you, who are so fond of melons, which never fail to repay your love for them with horrible cramps in the stomach. I principally like trees and flowers, because both exhibit themselves to me as they really are, whether near or at a distance, winter or summer. I perceive at a distance a tree covered with blossoms of flat white, and I know that it is a cherry-tree; I know that its rich panache will bloom under. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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