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its beginning, even though the intention be
towards a point while the first spring of the
line is towards an opening curve. But man
does not care for intention; he mows it. Nor
does he care for attitude; he rolls it. In a
word, he proves to the grass, as plainly as
deeds can do so, that it is not to his mind.
The rolling, especially, seems to be a violent
way of showing that the universal grass
interrupted by the life of the Englishman
is not as he would have it. Besides, when
he wishes to deride a city, he calls it grass-
grown.

But his suburbs shall not, if he can help
it, be grass-grown. They shall not be like
a mere Pisa. Highgate shall not so, nor
Peckham.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Colour of Life: And Other Essays on Things Seen and Heard. Contributors: Alice Meynell - author. Publisher: John Lane Company. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1896. Page Number: 64.
    
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