Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing - Pledge Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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onefellow said it was a little yellowflower, like a sunflower, only very small. and what was it like before that? a little girl said it was like a little green umbrella, hah' closed, with a yellow lining showing out. yes, but what was it like before that? one of them said it was a little rosette of green leaves coming out of the ground. now do you all know what it is? the teacher asked. they were ready to explode. they roared back, DA NDELION! pw -an

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and did you ever pick dandelions? most ofthem said yes, but the teacher said, no, you can't pick a dandelion. that's impossi- ble. bill, what did you get- some ofthose balls offluff7 and you didn't get any ro- sette of leaves - all you got was a ball of whitej7uff7 a dandelion is all ofthis, so whatever you picked, you only got a fragment ofsome- thing or other. you can'tpick a dandelion, because a dandelion isn't a thing, it's a performance. and you know, every living thing is a performance, even you. . . . the thing is not only to ask, 'what is this?' but to also ask 'what's going on here?' arthur a. moor 6