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46 But, keeping still the end in view
 * To which I hoped to come,

I strove to prove the matter true By putting everything I knew
 * Into an axiom:

Commencing every single phrase
 * With 'therefore' or 'because,'

I blindly reeled, a hundred ways, About the syllogistic maze,
 * Unconscious where I was.

Quoth he "That's regular clap-trap:
 * Don't bluster any more.

Now do be cool and take a nap! Such a ridiculous old chap
 * Was never seen before!

" [sic]You're like a man I used to meet,
 * Who got one day so furious

In arguing, the simple heat Scorched both his slippers off his feet!"
 * I said "That's very curious!"