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... delve no deeper. I gather that my wife has left a while back. She used to wonder why the plants in our apartment expire soon and many. She change... ...anged the fading vegetation, never the dying earth. Not having heard her questions (and the plants being untouched), I conclude, with a fair amount ... ...ude, with a fair amount of certainty, that she is gone. No point in peeing into pots whose plants are dead. My wife would have enjoyed the metaphor... ...e act. This might be considered out of character as I owned up to peeing whichever way, on plants and other objects. Sometimes the wind messes up t... ...ility of any war I'd wage to bring her back. I also knew it'll never be the same, peeing on plants. I am bound to remember her and what and how she ... ...wanted to be. So, I picked up the receiver and there she was, at the other end of the optic fiber, at the speed of the focused light that bonded us ...

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...an came along with a plastic watering bucket with a nozzle used for watering plants. He rinsed the floor with the water contained in it but did not fo... ... as five or six tree roses in the back of the pickup. Caring less about the plants, Gabriele was eager to witness dog meets boy and boy makes dog int... ... coats, both like little furry animals against the kneecaps of this stone or fiberglass man-god, she did not mind succumbing to religious delusions. ... ...own. She imagined the angel" dirtying up" the back of her sofa with the hair fibers of her mop. Then she surmised the dirty invaders as a whole. They...

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...y action in the still nature, focuses on the preservation of its form. In plants – the primary purpose is growth; in animals – movement, sexual desi... ...y there are changes and evolution in the still nature too, as well as in plants and animals. But only in man’s soul do the desires increase from gen... ...he bad, it is therefore capable of development. There is a fixed cycle in plants. The vegetative lives and dies, it is dependent on its environment ... ...ll to receive is stronger still. What is added in the animate compared to plants? Each animal feels its environment individually, and can approach t... ...from the bad. The intensity of the feeling of harm and benefit in all the plants put together, in addition to the benefit and harm that they might c... ...ges wanted to be rich as well, and gain control. As a result, their moral fiber deteriorated to the level of the masses, the protective walls around...

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... Dust and Soul. 40 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam LXXVI. The Vine had struck a fiber: which about It clings my Being—let the Dervish flout; Of my Base... ...while the Fruit-trees in the Garden were budding beau- tifully , and green Plants and Flowers springing upon the Plains on every side— ‘ And on old ... ...dorous Chaplet of sweet Summer buds Is, as in mockery, set—’— Among the Plants newly appear’ d I recognized some Acquain- tances I had not seen for...

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...and the water; a breeze, laden with the perfumes of the blossoming woods, sighed along the road, and wrinkled the surface of the waters of the river; ... ...ame time scolded the talkers and corrected the faults of the reader. D’Artagnan recognized that voice, and as the window of the ground-floor was open,... ...ty is vile!” “Monsieur,” replied D’Artagnan, sternly, “you will please to remain where you are. The soldier ought to familiarize himself with all kind...

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...ionately big brains without having lived primarily on aquatic animals and plants from shallow fresh and coastal waters. Dr. Crawford also notes ... ...yrus reeds from marshes in the River Nile, strip them of their hard outer fibers, and then slice the core into short strips. After they soaked them i... ...n, a scholarly Chinese official, watched closely as wasps separated plant fibers, suspended them in water, and let them dry into woven mats of paper.... ... coarsely woven cloth and let the water drain through. That left only the fibers on the cloth. Once they had dried, he saw that he had created a ... ...oarsely woven cloth stretched inside a bamboo frame as a sieve to dip the fiber slurry from a vat and hold it for drying, but later, they developed ...

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...Instinct, of course. O.M. In Texas she lays out a farm twelve feet square, plants it, weeds it, cultivates it, gathers the crop and stores it away. Y.... ...ence oozes away, you fill steadily up with nameless apprehen sions, every fiber of you is tense with a watchful strain, you start a cautious and grad...

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...y a series of suffixes to the names of human beings, birds, fishes, trees, plants, stones, metals, and even actions, events, and feelings, diminutives... ...Papa to Rangi. Of the minor deities of the earth, who severally govern the plants, such as trees, rye, flax, and barley, Wirokannas only is mentioned ... ... coast bereft of verdure; On his knees he leaves the ocean, On the land he plants his right foot, On the solid ground his left foot, Quickly turns his... ...he ashes of the windrows, Tender leaves the giant places, In the leaves he plants an acorn, From the acorn, quickly sprouting, Grows the oak tree, tal... ...nfolding, Quick becomes a mighty giant. With one step he leaves the ocean, Plants himself, a mighty hero, On the forest fields surrounding; With his h... ...s on thy bosom, Robe thyself in pure, white linen Spun from flax of finest fiber; Wear withal the richest short frock, Fasten it with golden girdle; ... ...ed god of forests, In thy hat and coat of ermine, Robe thy trees in finest fibers, Deck thy groves in richest fabrics, Give the fir trees shining silv... ...ed whirlpool, Thou whose home is in the river, Spin from flax of strongest fiber, Spin a thread of crimson color, Draw it gently through the water, Th... ... sweet maidens; I will give thee linen vestments Spun from flax of softest fiber, Woven by the Moon’s white virgins, Fashioned by the Sun’s bright dau...

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... were green. In the yard, which was kept scrupulously neat, were flowers and plants of every description which flourishes in South Louisiana. The Awak... ...heir penetration. “Oh! I’m never sick, Doctor. You know that I come of tough fiber— of that old Creole race of Pontelliers that dry up and finally blo... ...ut her rubber sandals. And there she stayed, and stooped, digging around the plants, trimming, picking dead, dry leaves. The children’s little dog cam... ... laid it on the piano. She went on picking the leaves and digging around the plants with her hat pin. Once she thought she heard Mademoiselle Reisz ap... ... into a long, dim corridor that was lined on either side with tall, graceful plants. They walked slowly to the very end of it. When they turned to ret...

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...the swallows, whose swift agility is always delightful in my eyes, for the plants by the riverside, whose rustling is a pleasure to my ears. By degree... ...onless; it bites you, pierces through you, dries you, kills the trees, the plants, the in- 113 Selected Writings sects, the small birds themselves, w... ...cident. “That is all! Now I say that this woman was a heroine, and had the fiber of those who accom- plish the grandest deeds in history. “That was he...