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ALCOTT.
(Inviting a Friend to one of the early “Conversations.”)
Do you care to meet Alcott? His mind is a mirror,Reflecting the unspoken thought of his hearer:
To the great he is great, to the fool he's a fool:
In the world's dreary desert a crystalline pool.
Where a lion looks in and a lion appears:
But an ass will see only his own ass's ears.
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