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We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
