Excerpt from Pansy Buds To the many friends in all the yesterdays: To all the friends in the unknown tomorrows: Today I greet you. Iron is not as attractive as a diamond. The diamond in the rough 18 not attractive except it be worked to a finish. 'a gold nugget does not appeal to one-as a thing of beauty, except for its intrinsic value. These have not the fragrance of the flowers. So with friends. Each one has a place in the heart, according to organic nativity. One sees them in retrospect. One meets them in perspective. All in God's continuity of the sweeping cycles. Within the span of life, which means so much to each, yet so minute as 'compared to the astronomical creation, one finds the diamond friend, the gold, the iron, the rose, the violet, and all hold a niche in' remembrance. Even the mistletoe friend, who saps life's sustenance from those who shield and protect - has its place in the architecture of the years. In presenting this bookie, I enclose my love to you, folded in little prayer leaves, that will open out to greet you, as often as you think of me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.