A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three cent… - Sam Walter Foss

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A hundred thousand men were led
By one calf near three centuries dead;
They followed still his crooked way
And lost a hundred years a day;
For thus such reverence is lent
To well-established precedent.

Sam Walter Foss

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Sam Walter Foss (June 19, 1858 – February 26, 1911) was a librarian and poet whose works included The House by the Side of the Road and The Coming American.

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