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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, _____Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think; _______ is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link _____Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper _ even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that__ his.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, _____Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think; _______ is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link _____Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper _ even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that__ his.

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