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150 aid education. Dallas is dominated by the county square and the wide streets donated in '55. The Mission Rose, the Cloth of Gold, the pink and white Moss Roses that Ellen loved long ago dropped their last petals but the trees grow and year by year fling out greater branches. John Lyle interpreted democracy not as a leveler but as an incentive to each man to be as fine and aristocratic as he chose.