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##¶£$†:~-, Mean No Harm But It  Is Not In Our  Best ,-~:†$£¶##
##¶£$†:~-, Interest  To  Do  So. There Is Important ,-~:†$£¶##
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##¶£$†:~-, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is  Weary ,-~:†$£¶##
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##¶£$†:~-, And  Smell  Good,  And There  Is  Little ,-~:†$£¶##
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##¶£$†:~-, Father Comes Home He Is  Angry  And Cuts ,-~:†$£¶##
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#¶$†††:~-, Inaction.   But  He  Doesn'T  Have   The ,-~:†††$¶#
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