Book Title: Lotus Bloom
Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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________________ Wailing Flower 'Wherefore do you weep, ye beauteous flower, at this crucial hour of your parting?' I asked the fading blossom, as it sobbed. ‘Friend!' replied the blossom, 'It was not ordained unto me to have the good fortune of being set upon the crown of our Lord; but neither was it given to me to acclaim the sweet opportunity of being crushed under the feet of some enlightened person! Facing this juncture consequently, when I was to depart at last from this earth, without having ever been employed in the service of a noble cause, I was touched with emotion, and tears gushed out of my tender eyes. Incongruence When I viewed this spectacle, I was truly dumbfounded: Elevated was man's stature, but so insular was his mind! Prolix was his tongue, but how puny his performance! High, indeed, was his prestige, but how dwarfish was his being!

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