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thiaking ?" At such a time may not his thoughts soar, 

 unconscious of the " muddy vesture of decay " which 

 Shakspere says " doth grossly close us in ? " 



"And deep asleep he seemed, yet all awake, 

 And music in his ears his beating heart did make." 



Let me add that I do not feel that any of the 

 possibilities alluded to in this disquisition need interfere 

 with the angler's pursuit. So long as the fish eats us 

 whenever he gets a chance, it seems only, fair that we 

 should continue to eat him. 



