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Show - I 1 s : "f f " " . l , O & ASS ASSmV % + k mV IGRARS "fIGRARS t1t ! ) People in m tlie the West Wf'st Wfst ' , whether wbether they be of the lowlandst lowlandsOffal lowlands t | ! ' . Offal & 11oo 1100 lacking the blessing blessmg of grass , , or in the highlands j 8 8y 'i-tiere 'i i tiere w ' - were y ere re livelihood hvehhood is more or less dependent upon it , , will w1l1 willeoially ' J . } iBpecially pecially eoially appreciate this tms tins tribute tnbute to grass , written wntten de- de deeades de-l de l deleadeB - - eadeB cade8 eades ago by John J Ingalls , but recently reoontly brought to toi'i'imind tor tol r + . ' - nund "nd nd "ndin " in an issue of the Grazing Grazmg Bulletin : ; 4 1 "Next Next " in m importance unportance to the divine divme profusion ofwat of watt watp watr wafc- wafc wat- wat wafclifer - - - i'i'i-mind i'i'i iii mind t { lifer r , light nnd and andmrthos andairthose mr-thos mr thos air-those air those air - those three physical facts which wInch wInchren whichren reni rener ren renitller i p : itller er existence posslblo-may posslblo may possible-may possible possible - - may be reckoned the tho UDlverswr universalbeneficence universal UDlversw universalbeneficence r ! , beneficence beneficenceof * ! beneficence eneflcence of grass grans Lying in lD the sunshine among thet.1 the theImttercups t.1 t1 . ! % Imttercups 1nttercups 1 > nttercups uttercups and dandehonA dandehon of May , , scarcelymgher scarcelyhigher scarcely higher mgher In ini inntelhgence inl i lnteihgence ntelhgence telhgence than those minute mlDute tenants of the IDlmlCvilderneSs mimicwilderness nunnc IDlmlC mimic nunncwilderness ' \ wilderness \vilderneSs vilderneSs , our earliest earhest recollections are of grass gra s ; when'the when whenihe ihe the 'the ' fitful fever is ended , , and the foolish foohsb foohsh wrangle of the the\fy the fy \ 4 , ' " market and the forum is IB closed , grass gra s heals over thei8car the lBcar i8car car which our descent into mto the bosom of the earth hasmade has hasmade hasnp/inade hasnp inade /made made / , , and the carpet of the infant mfant becomes the blanketi blanketlir blanket blanketof , lir * of the dead Grass is the forgivenes forgI.venesq forgIvenesq forgiveness . 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