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If a man could live a thousand years,         When half his life had passed,     He might, by strict economy,         A fortune have amassed.     Then having gained some common-sense,         And knowledge, too, of life,     He could select the woman who         Would make him a true wife.     But as it is, man hasn't time         To even pay his debts,     And weds to be acquainted with         The woman whom he gets.

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