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"Be always observing. Remember the color of the carpets;
it's worse than forgetting if you never notice.
How many windows are in your house?
Imagine how much you miss!"

It is lucky and human that few listen to their teachers,
That 99.9% of words are not retained,
That the natural human is naturally stubborn.

Otherwise, this schoolhouse maxim,
        A cheap, saccharine substitute for vitality,
Would generate a boorish people-pudding
        Who remove eyes from heads
        And hair from heads
        And so on
And are surprised to find that no head is left at all.