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“Happiness, honor, and great estate,
For those who patiently work and wait.”
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For those who patiently work and wait.”
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“The birds can fly
An’ why can’t I?”
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An’ why can’t I?”
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“Darius was clearly of the opinion
that the air was also man's dominion.
And that with paddle or fin or pinion
we soon or late shall navigate
the azure, as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me.
And if you doubt it,
see how Darius reasoned about it.
"The birds can fly, an why can't I?
Must we give in?" says he with a grin,
"that the Blue bird and Feeby
Are smarter than we be?"
"Just fold our hands and see the Swalla,
and the Black bird and the Cat bird beat us holla?
Or tell me that chatterin' sassy little wren knows more 'en men?
Just show me that. Or prove that the bat
has got more brains than's in my hat,
an' I'll back down. An' not till then.”
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that the air was also man's dominion.
And that with paddle or fin or pinion
we soon or late shall navigate
the azure, as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me.
And if you doubt it,
see how Darius reasoned about it.
"The birds can fly, an why can't I?
Must we give in?" says he with a grin,
"that the Blue bird and Feeby
Are smarter than we be?"
"Just fold our hands and see the Swalla,
and the Black bird and the Cat bird beat us holla?
Or tell me that chatterin' sassy little wren knows more 'en men?
Just show me that. Or prove that the bat
has got more brains than's in my hat,
an' I'll back down. An' not till then.”
―
“Darius was clearly of the opinion
that the air was also man's dominion.
And that with paddle or fin or pinion
we soon or late shall navigate
the azure, as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me.
And if you doubt it,
see how Darius reasoned about it.
"The birds can fly, an why can't I?
Must we give in?" says he with a grin,
"that the Blue bird and Feeby
Are smarter than we be?"
"Just fold our hands and see the Swalla,
and the Black bird and the Cat bird beat us holla?
Or tell me that chatterin' sassy little wren knows more 'en men?
Just show me that. Or prove that the bat
has got more brains than's in my hat,
an' I'll back down. An' not till then.”
From "Darius Green and His Flying Machine”
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that the air was also man's dominion.
And that with paddle or fin or pinion
we soon or late shall navigate
the azure, as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me.
And if you doubt it,
see how Darius reasoned about it.
"The birds can fly, an why can't I?
Must we give in?" says he with a grin,
"that the Blue bird and Feeby
Are smarter than we be?"
"Just fold our hands and see the Swalla,
and the Black bird and the Cat bird beat us holla?
Or tell me that chatterin' sassy little wren knows more 'en men?
Just show me that. Or prove that the bat
has got more brains than's in my hat,
an' I'll back down. An' not till then.”
From "Darius Green and His Flying Machine”
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