“It ain't by princerples nor men
My preudunt course is steadied—
I scent wich pays the best, an' then
Go into it baldheaded.”

No. 6, st. 10
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series I (1848)

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American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819–1891

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