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Well, the plenitude of politicians in our native land Is a matter frequently remarked upon; But, assuming you're intelligent, the cause you'll understand If you've followed me as far as I have gone. Let us make the fraction lib'ral : if $$\scriptstyle{\frac{1}{20}}$$ we'll say, Of a "statesman's" day is ours, 'tis plain to see That it takes just twenty "statesmen" to put in one working day For the country. (Still more Euclid)—Q.E.D.

I commend your patience, brother, if you've followed me thus far ; And, in metaphor, I pat you on the back. Let me add, in peroration, that T. Trimmer, M.H.R.    Is quite typical of any Party hack. Then perhaps you'll do some thinking when you hear a wordy storm Of objection from the "solid Party man," When the theme's Elected Ministries and similar reform : "!"

For, when Bill, the pick and shovel man, or Archibald, the clerk,  Sells his labour for a week at sixty bob,  Then he doesn't waste his boss's time and money like a nark  ''In attempts to do the foreman for his job.  This industrial arrangement—so much work for so much pay''— Seems to suit the ordinary working man;  And we've yet to see the office or the workshop of to-day  Working smoothly on the "Good Old Party Plan."