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which he described as being * a long way above a joke.' 

 Then, with a stern but sorrowful expression, which 

 signified, I thought, that he was going to punish the 

 universe severely, in the discharge of a very painful 

 duty, he turned to me and said — ' I shall not exhibit 

 melons again! 



Let not the young Rosarian be thus daunted. On 

 the other hand, if victory comes, let him remember 

 always that she only stays with the meek. Where 

 success brings pride, then, as Lamb writes in a Latin 

 letter to Gary, Commutandum est he ! he ! he ! cum 

 heu ! heu ! heu ! and all men shall laugh at the 

 braggart's fall. 



Again I say, in prosperity or adversity, let him keep 

 the equal mind — 



* Who misses or who wins the prize, 

 Go, lose or conquer as you can ; 

 But if you fail, or if you rise. 

 Be each, pray God, a gentleman 



