Carolina Jessamine

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And Master Kung* said that a man ought

to spend most of his time studying poetry and music and divine manner

and being very quiet inside himself. And Laotze advised him

"Do it in yourself, Kung, and don't try and teach other men.

If you try to be of some use in the world

you burden the people with your own insufficiency."

And Jesus pointed out that the usefulness of Solomon's public office

was inferior to the uselessness of flowers.

-- From Stay With God by Francis Brabazon

[*Master Kung: Confucius, 6^th century B.C.]