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And fill my need of "converse with wise men."
Yet when I consider how, still a man of the world,
In belt and cap I scurry through dirt and dust,
From time to time my heart twinges with shame
That I am not fit to be master of my pines!

    itable friends" and three kinds of "profitable pleasures" are described; the third of the latter being "plenty of intelligent companions."

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