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A schoolboy home for the holidays, wishing to inspire his little brother with awe for his learning', pointed to a star, and said: ’Do yon see that little luminary? It’s higher than this whole world.* •No. ’taint, ’said his brother. Yes. it is.’ declared the youthful scholar.’ ‘Then why is it that it don’t keep off the rain?’ was the triumphant rejoinder.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXVI, 24 December 1898, Page 836
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64SCORED OFF. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXVI, 24 December 1898, Page 836
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