GOOD OLD SCIENCE.
The latest dictum of medical science is to the effect that a verylarge number of cases of insanity are due to getting up early. ’Twas'theup to-date sluggard, I heard him complain, * If you call me so soon you will make me insane ; I vow that it thoroughly addles my head Unless I am suffered to breakfast in bed.’
I passed by an imbecile tapping his head ; ‘ It’s perfectly empty,’ he dolefully said, ‘ Because I contracted, I’m pained to relate, The dangerous habit of rising at eight.’
So, my dear Dr. Watts, though the gist of your song Went to prove that our science was morally wrong, When breakfast is served I intend to be found Still snoring serenely and slumbering sound.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue I, 4 July 1896, Page 32
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124GOOD OLD SCIENCE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue I, 4 July 1896, Page 32
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