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Practice Book by Leland Powers
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Do put your accents in the proper spot;
Don't--let me beg you--don't say 'How?' for 'What?'
And when you stick on conversation's burrs,
Don't strew the pathway with those dreadful urs."

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3. "To be, or not to be; that is the question:--
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune;
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep,--
No more:"

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4. "I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first
characteristic of all men in any way heroic. Not the sincerity that calls
itself sincere; that is ... oftenest self-conceit mainly. The great man's
sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of."

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5. "_Brutus_. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.

_Lucius_. I will, my lord. (_Exit_.)

_Brutus_. It must be by his death: and for my part,
I know no cause to spurn at him,
But for the general. He would be crown'd:--
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