But when the rose is crushed by a pink on each side of it, and daisies crush the pinks, and azaleas surround the daisies, there is no beauty and no fitness.
"The cathedral had no flowers.
"Aug.

22, 1882.

We visited Whittier; we found him at lunch, but he soon came into the parlor.

He was very chatty, and seemed glad to see us.
Mrs.L.was with me, and Whittier was very ready to write in the album which she brought with her, belonging to her adopted son.

We drifted upon theological subjects, and I asked Mr.Whittier if he thought that we fell from a state of innocence; he replied that he thought we were better than Adam and Eve, and if they fell, they 'fell up.' "His faith seems to be unbounded in the goodness of God, and his belief in moral accountability.