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IN CAMBRIDGE

"Or men of promise fail with E
Because they took a Group,
"Or when I see all Students fail,
Or, what is worse, get locked in jail,
"Or the Dean arrested without bail,
Or Sever sold at a bankrupt sale,
"Or when the Gold Coast makes me quail,
Or the Social System turns me pale,
"I laugh, and say in thankful tones,
'Though troubles weigh on me like stones,
"At least, here is no Skull and Bones.'"

"How very pretty!" said Alice, after he had finished. "I enjoyed it very much."

"Good-bye," said the White Knight. "You go through that arched gateway and the whole world is before you. I have said the same thing before in Bacteriological Sermons."

"You mean Baccalaureate, don't you?" asked Alice.

"It makes no difference what I mean," the White Knight said. "But the germs of truth must be there."

"Good-bye," said Alice. "Do you know you are quite the nicest person I have met in Cambridge."

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