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Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant, but also makes pleasant things more pleasant. I have enjoyed peaches and apricots more since I have known that they were first cultivated in China in the early days of the Han dynasty; that Chinese hostages held by the greatKing Kaniska introduced them to India, whence they spread toPersia, reaching the RomanEmpire in the first century of our era; that the word apricot is derived from the same Latin sources the word precocious, because the apricot ripens early; and that the A at the beginning was added by mistake, owing to a false etymology. All this makes the fruit taste much sweeter.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:48:12 +0000

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