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We have outlived the old standards; we have burst, like an over-tight thong, The ancient, outworn, Puritanic traditions of Right and Wrong."

Then the Master feared for His angel, and called him again to His side, For oh, the woman was wondrous, and oh, the angel was tried! And deep in his hell sang the Devil, and this was the strain of his song: "The ancient, outworn, Puritanic traditions of Right and Wrong."