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A Boston man is the east wind made flesh.
A Boston man is the east wind made flesh.
 Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't 
pry that out of a Boston man if read more 
 Boston State-house is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't 
pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation 
straightened out for a crow-bar. 
 A hundred thousand men were led
 By one calf near three centuries dead;
  They followed still his read more 
 A hundred thousand men were led
 By one calf near three centuries dead;
  They followed still his crooked way
   And lost a hundred years a day;
    For thus such reverence is lent
     To well established precedent. 
 Solid men of Boston, make no long orations;
 Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;
  Solid read more 
 Solid men of Boston, make no long orations;
 Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;
  Solid men of Boston, go to bed at sundown;
   Never lose your way like the loggerheads of London. 
 One day through the primeval wood
 A calf walked home as good calves should;
  But made a read more 
 One day through the primeval wood
 A calf walked home as good calves should;
  But made a trail all bent askew,
   A crooked trail as all calves do.
    . . . .
     And men two centuries and a half
      Trod in the footsteps of that calf. 
 A solid man of Boston;
 A comfortable man with dividends,
  And the first salmon and the first read more 
 A solid man of Boston;
 A comfortable man with dividends,
  And the first salmon and the first green peas. 
 Massachusetts has been the wheel within New England, and Boston 
the wheel within Massachusetts. Boston therefore is often called read more 
 Massachusetts has been the wheel within New England, and Boston 
the wheel within Massachusetts. Boston therefore is often called 
the "hub of the world," since it has been the source and fountain 
of the ideas that have reared and made America. 
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who read more
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?
 Solid men of Boston, banish long potations!
 Solid men of Boston, make no long orations!  
 Solid men of Boston, banish long potations!
 Solid men of Boston, make no long orations!