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“A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.”

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But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.

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One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

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For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.

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