"Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts."

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But why should not the New Englander try new adventures - not lay so much stress on his grain, his potato and grass crop, and his orchards - and raise other crops than these? Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be concerned at all about a new generation of men.

— Henry David Thoreau