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From Emerson's Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are
a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of
the world. ... Fruits are acceptable gifts, because they are the
flower of commodities, and admit of fantastic values being attached to
them.
		-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts", p. 278

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