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RULES AND REGULATIONS
A short directionTo avoid dejection,By variationsIn occupations,And prolongationOf relaxation,And combinationsOf recreations,And disputationOn the state of the nationIn adaptationTo your station,By invitationsTo friends and relations,By evitationOf amputation,By permutationIn conversation,And deep reflectionYou'll avoid dejection.
Learn well your grammar,And never stammer,Write well and neatly,And sing most sweetly,Be enterprising,Love early rising,Go walk of six miles,Have ready quick smiles,With lightsome laughter,Soft flowing after,Drink tea, not coffee;
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