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 One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of 
fellowship with other human beings read more 
 One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of 
fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among 
them. 
 In such a night
 Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew,
  And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,
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 In such a night
 Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew,
  And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,
   And ran dismayed away. 
Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
 In poison there is physic; and these news,
 Having been well, that would have made me sick,
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 In poison there is physic; and these news,
 Having been well, that would have made me sick,
  Being sick, have in some measure made me well. 
 Who worse than a physician
 Would this report become? But I consider
  By med'cine life may be read more 
 Who worse than a physician
 Would this report become? But I consider
  By med'cine life may be prolonged, yet death
   Will seize the doctor too. How ended she? 
 Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
 For by his side a pouch he wore,
  Replete with strange read more 
 Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
 For by his side a pouch he wore,
  Replete with strange hermetic powder
   That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder. 
 How the Doctor's brow should smile,
 Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.  
 How the Doctor's brow should smile,
 Crown'd with wreaths of camomile. 
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
 When taken
 To be well shaken.  
 When taken
 To be well shaken.