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Walpole talks of "a man and his price. " / List to a ditty queer -- / The sale of a Deputy-Acting-Vice- / Resident-Engineer, / Bought like a bullock, hoof and hide, / By the Little Tin Gods on the Mountain Side.
By the Laws of the Family Circle 'tis written in letters of brass / That only a Colonel from Chatham can manage the Railways of State, / Because of the gold on his breeks, and the subjects wherein he must pass; / Because in all matters that deal not with Railways his knowledge is great.