Some of these roses and other exotic spp. are the parents of our cultivated roses—tea roses, hybrid perpetuals, climbers, ramblers etc.—over 5000 vars. having been named.

“So he do; but then he's such a cranksome kind of old body. Ten to one if you speak to him he won't give you a civil answer.”

Moroni expected no positive response, saying, “Ye have once rejected these things, and have fought against the people of the Lord, even so I may expect you will do it again. And now behold, we are prepared to receive you; yea, and except you withdraw your purposes, behold, ye will pull down the awrath of that God whom you have rejected upon you, even to your utter destruction” (v. 8–9).

The most thoughtworthy task of thinking and speaking (logos) consists in bringing somehow Being into language, in letting Being come into words.