If-and the thing is wildly possible-the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel convinced, on the line (in p. 18)
‘Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.’
In view of this painful possibility, I will not (as I might) appeal indignantly to my other writings as a proof that I am incapable of such a deed: I will not (as I might) point to the strong moral purpose of this poem itself, to the arithmetical principles so cautiously inculcated in it, or to its noble teachings in Natural History-I will take the more prosaic course of simply explaining how it happened.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 23 ● ISBN 9783735779069 ● 文件大小 1.1 MB ● 出版者 Books on Demand ● 发布时间 2019 ● 版 1 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 7421734 ● 复制保护 社会DRM
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