Too Wise
We thought he was the wisest man Residing in our town And for the wisdom which he naa; We eave him great renown. Wo thought he knew it all, indeed We thought he knew much more, ..., And all he did showed him to us As wiser than before; ... Until one day he saw a gun, And as he had a donbt As to its loadedness, he just Blew in it to find out? • And so he did—in such a way As shattered his renown, And for his epitaph wo wrote: ‘The biggest fool in town.
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Southland Times, Issue 12771, 2 December 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)
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97Too Wise Southland Times, Issue 12771, 2 December 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)
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