Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes
Emolht mores, nee sinit esseferos,
To rightly learn the pugilistic art,
Such as Jem Earywig can well impart,
Refines the manners and takes off the rough,
Nor suffers one to be a blooming
(Adam Lindsay Gordon)
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