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The Decline of the Genteel Beard

Once an Indication of Aristocracy, It Has Suffered in Democratization

And so has a crocodile and so has a quail--

They've all got tails but me.

If I had sixpence I would buy one;

I'd say to the shopman, 'Let me try one.'

I'd say to the elephant 'This is my one.'

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"You've all got tails like me!"

In this field--keeping the beard meaningful--the Council might legitimately take action, for, after all, the government protects the whooping crane, and the Holstein-Friesian Association of Brattleboro, Vt., protects the Holstein cow.

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