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Rh The order of the phrases makes
 * No difference at all.

'Then, if you'd be impressive,
 * Remember what I say,

That abstract qualities begin
 * With capitals alway:

The True, the Good, the Beautiful—
 * Those are the things that pay!

"Next, when you are describing
 * A shape, or sound, or tint;

Don't state the matter plainly,
 * But put it in a hint;

And learn to look at all things
 * With a sort of mental squint."

"For instance, if I wished, Sir,
 * Of mutton-pies to tell,

Should I say 'dreams of fleecy flocks
 * Pent in a wheaten cell'?"

"Why, yes," the old man said: "that phrase
 * Would answer very well.