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To the father of the tribe He proceeded to describe How upon a change of living he was bent. Said that Tory anthropoid: "Son, such thoughts you should avoid; They are obviously born of discontent. And such revolutionary notions would rend the whole social fabric."

Since the Eocene. Till this Age of Biplanes, Man has ever been Yearning toward the high planes. And while the Tory lags behind in by-ways worn and narrow, 'Tis the discontented section that shoves on the old world's barrow.

Once a naked troglodyte, On a bitter winter's night, Sat and shivered in his cave the whole night through; For his scanty coat of hair In no manner could compare With the matted clothes his late forefather grew. (Meaning the meditative anthropoidal ape I mentioned previously.)