In my youth,' said his father, 'I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life. (Lewis Carroll)

In my youth,' said his father, 'I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life.

Lewis Carroll

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