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When Theo: Roos: unfurled his bann: / As Pres: of an immense Repub: / And sought to manufact: a plan / For saving people troub: . / His mode of spelling (termed phonet: ) / Affec: my brain like an emet: .
And I evolved a scheme (_pro tem_) / To simplify my mother-tongue, / That so in fame I might resem: / Upt: Sinc: , who wrote "The Jung: ," / And rouse an interest enorm: / In conversational reform.