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How To Make A Man Of Consequence

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A brow austere, a circumspective eye.     A frequent shrug of the os humeri;     A nod significant, a stately gait,     A blustering manner, and a tone of weight,     A smile sarcastic, an expressive stare:     Adopt all these, as time and place will bear;     Then rest assur'd that those of little sense     Will deem you sure a man of consequence.

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