Word: hemlocks
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...values, playing the part of a secular and reproachful cleric. This Socratic role has always been one essential function of the intellectual, but only in recent times has it come to be looked on as the only function; a great many intellectuals today demand their daily cup of instant hemlock...
...feels that plant advertising should specifically note which areas of the country are suitable for each species of plant or tree. Most reputable catalogues nowadays do in fact list preferred zones and soil conditions. But in general, Taylor points out, "people have been given the impression that spruce and hemlock and firs will thrive in the prairie regions west of the Mississippi. And you should be very careful about what rhododendrons you buy. The beautiful Rhododendron Maximum, for example, does well in New England and New York, but the hotter the climate, the less likely it is to survive...
...because they precipitate violence. Isn't this like condemning the robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical delvings precipitated the misguided popular mind to make him drink the hemlock? Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his unique God-consciousness and never-ceasing devotion to God's will precipitated the evil act of the Crucifixion...
...rugged, remote northwest corner of Montana, the Yaak River Valley is a picture postcard of some yesteryear. Moose muse among the willows. Elk graze on the slopes. White-tailed deer browse in the bottom land. Deep among the whispering pine and the hemlock, among the silver aspen and birch, the bears dig into windfalls for grubs. Rainbow trout, cutthroat and whitefish tumble in Beetle and Winkum Creeks...
Socrates, as everyone knows, was a tiresome old man who used to buttonhole youths on the streets of Athens and teach them to think straight by making them talk in circles. In their confused gratitude, Athenians served Socrates liberally with hemlock. Since then, relations between philosophers and the man in the street have been, at best, remote...