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In northern climes, the polar bear

Protects himself with fat and hair,

Where snow is deep and ice is stark,

And half the year is cold and dark,

He still survives a clime like that

By growing fur, by growing fat.

These traits, O bear, which thou transmittest

Prove the Survival of the Fittest.

To polar regions waste and wan,

Comes the encroaching race of man,

A puny, feeble, little bubber,

He has no fur, he has no blubber.

The scornful bear sat down at ease

To see the stranger starve and freeze—

But, lo! the stranger slew the bear,

And ate his fat and wore his hair;

These deeds, O Man, which thou committest

Prove the Survival of the Fittest.

In modern times the Millionaire Protects himself as did the bear: Where Poverty and Hunger are He counts his bullion by the car: Where thousands perish still he thrives—