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| 17 | 64 | "It is its own justification, of View more quotes about course">course, the scent of the flower, the marking of the petal". |
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| 17 | 61 | "I think so," he said, "but not merely beautiful". |
| 17 | 62 | "No," I said, regarding the target, "I do not think it merely beautiful". |
| 17 | 63 | "Beauty need not have use," he said. |
| 17 | 64 | "It is its own justification, of course, the scent of the flower, the marking of the petal". |
| 17 | 65 | "True," I said. |
| 17 | 66 | "But nature has its contrivances. |
| 17 | 67 | The color of the blossom, the marking of the petal, the scent of the flower attract tiny predators whose labors, unbeknownst to themselves, profit the very hosts whom they despoil". |