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‘Tis One by One – the Father counts –
And then a Tract between
Set Cypherless – to teach the Eye
The Value of its Ten –
Until the peevish Student
Acquire the Quick of Skill –
Then Numerals are dowered back –
Adorning all the Rule –
‘Tis mostly Slate and Pencil –
And Darkness on the School
Distracts the Children’s fingers –
Still the Eternal Rule
Regards least Cypherer alike
With Leader of the Band –
And every separate Urchin’s Sum –
Is fashioned for his hand –
(Emily Dickinson)
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