His form was ponderous, and his step was slow; There never was so wise a man before; He seemed the incarnate "Well, I told you so!" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

His form was ponderous, and his step was slow; There never was so wise a man before; He seemed the incarnate "Well, I told you so!"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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