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Rh At odds in body and in soul,

Degraded to some brutish state,

A being loathsome and malign,

Debased, obscene, degenerate.

Pathology? The case is clear,

The diagnosis is exact;

A bone depressed, a hæmorrhage,

The pressure on a nervous tract.

Theology? Ah, there's the rub!

Since brain and soul together fade,

Then when the brain is dead—enough!

Lord help us, for we need Thine aid!