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That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it were cain's jaw-bone, that did the first murder! it might be the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'er-reaches; one that would circumvent god, might it not?

-William Shakespeare

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That Skull Had A Tongue In It,

William Shakespeare

That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it were cain's jaw-bone, that did the first murder! it might be the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'er-reaches; one that would circumvent god, might it not?

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Someone once asked me why people sing. i answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. they sing for a mate, to claim their territory, or simply to give voice to the delight of being alive in the midst of a beautiful day. perhaps more than the birds do, humans hold a grudge. they sing to complain of how grievously they have been wronged, and how to avoid it in the future. they sing to help themselves execute a job of work. they sing so the subsequent generations won’t forget what the current generation endured, or dreamed, or delighted in.

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I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? a cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. it is not my intention to be fulsome, but i confess that i covet your skull.

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