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By The Way

Verses, Fragments, and Notes [by William Allingham]
Allingham, William (1824-1889)

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TO THE FELLOW TRAVELLER
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VERSES

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Man is more than beast by language only, you find.
But how got Man a language?—before or after a mind?
Oh what clever guesses! Oh what gabble of geese!
And “Science” must have its day; and wonders will never cease.
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