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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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