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THE following rhyme is in imitation of the French and German verses given in NATURE (August 17) in which the number of letters in each word correspond to a numeral in the value of The three concluding lines are somewhat obscure; it seems to have occurred to the author that the method is a misuse of language, and he expresses the hope that NATURE will take a more lenient view than Dr. Johnson might be imagined to express.
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Rhymes on the Value of . Nature 72, 558 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072558a0
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