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JAPANESE GARDENS

What, then, of God-wrought flowers and leaves, arranged with the same worship of beauty—shall the art of their use not become a thing of dignity and honour, an uplifting force to him who sees as well as to him who makes? They bring to us the message we have already in our hearts, take from us that which comes from our own souls.