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| 10 | 154 | View more quotes about beneath">Beneath their feet, theirs, surrendered, lie the petals of flowers. |
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| 10 | 151 | The symbolism of the casting of such petals is perhaps reasonably clear. |
| 10 | 152 | Feminine, and soft and beautiful, they are cast before the tread of men. |
| 10 | 153 | Is the token in this not obvious? Men are the masters, the conquerors and victors. |
| 10 | 154 | Beneath their feet, theirs, surrendered, lie the petals of flowers. |
| 10 | 155 | In this we may see a lovely gesture, one of both welcome and submission, and one in which the order of nature is beautifully and sensitively acknowledged. |
| 10 | 156 | But, of course, there are many ways in which the order of nature may be acknowledged. |
| 10 | 157 | Another is that in which the woman, naked and collared, branded, under a man's whip, writhes at his feet to the beating of drums. |