The question of common sense is always "What is it good for?"-a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage. (James Russell Lowell)

The question of common sense is always "What is it good for?"-a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

James Russell Lowell

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