Then why all this talk about the necessity of higher education!

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[Illustration: _Cophetua's Queen (on her first visit to a new royal
residence)._ "OH, COPH! AIN'T IT A DINK!"

_King Cophetua_. "My DEAR CHILD, BEFORE REMARKING THAT IT IS ALL YOURS
AND NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YOUR LANGUAGE,
THOUGH EXCUSABLE, IS NOT QUITE IN KEEPING WITH YOUR ELEVATED
POSITION."]