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He said 't was better To lay no fetter Upon the lungs, To expand the chest Was surely best By use of tongues.

Such precepts rare, I lock'd with care Close in my breast, Don't you think, John, To act upon His plan is best?

If chains that bind The free-born mind Make men rebel, Can strict restraint On all complaint Please babies well?