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The Moral Bully, though he never swears. Nor kicks intruders down his entry stairs. Feels the same comfort, while his acrid words Turn the sweet milk of kindness into curds. As the scarred ruffian of the pirate's deck. When his long swivel rakes the staggering wreck.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes.