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" Your printers have made but one blunder,
Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!
We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]
Has the ghost of a claim to be thought a good fencer.
To my vision his merits have still seemed to dwindle,
Since I have found him allied with the great Dr T[yndall]
While I have, for my part, grown cockier and cockier,
Since I found an ally in yourself, Mr L[ockyer]
And am always, in consequence, thoroughly willin',
To perform in the pages of Nature's M[acmillan]. "

Peter Guthrie Tait


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Peter Guthrie Tait quote : Your printers have made but one blunder,<br />Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!<br />We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]<br />Has the ghost of a claim to be thought a good fencer.<br />To my vision his merits have still seemed to dwindle,<br />Since I have found him allied with the great Dr T[yndall]<br />While I have, for my part, grown cockier and cockier,<br />Since I found an ally in yourself, Mr L[ockyer]<br />And am always, in consequence, thoroughly willin',<br />To perform in the pages of Nature's M[acmillan].