ABSTRACT
When the snow falls and all the fields are covered with a blanket of white and every living thing suffers from the cold, there stands in the midst of desolation giving forth its delightful perfume that true model of all virtuous men. What is this but our plum blossom? The plum defies the hardest ice and cares for neither snow nor blighting frost. How vigorously it puts forth its blossoms regardless of all obstacles, spreading abroad the delightful odour of a glorious heritage! How can we with the toil of a whole lifetime emulate the beauty of such a modell Is it not right that we should learn of the plum blossom?
