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Excerpt from Japanese Culture Pearls: A Successful Case of Science Applied in Aid of Nature
N Henry Van Dyke's beautiful story, The Other Wise Man we read He had taken from a secret resting place in his bosom the pearl, the last of his jewels. As he look ed at it, a mellower lustre, a soft and iridescent light, full of shifting gleams of azure and rose, trembled upon its surface It seemed to have absorbed some reflection of the lost sapphire and ruby. So the secret purpose of a noble life draws into itself the memories of past joy and past sorrow. Then again in another part of the story we read Never had the pearl seemed so luminous, so full of tender living lustre. He laid itin the hand of the slave 'this is thy ransom daughter! It is the last of my treasures which I kept for the king.' Perhaps it would interest you to know more about this wonderful and precious jewel which could not only reflect the beauties of other gems, but also put power into the hand of the feeble wise man to save a poor girl from a life of misery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
