
"'Yes, I know,' she went on; 'you are one of the people that believe that a rose
is a rose. It is so many drachms of so many sorts of chemicals, and that's the end of it. But brother Jim and I—we don't think so. A rose is a great deal more than a rose; and the rose you see is a great deal less than the rose; and there's a conundrum for you.'"
—Saxe Holm, "My Tourmaline,"
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1875)