<h2><SPAN name="A_MODERN_ADVANTAGE" id="A_MODERN_ADVANTAGE"></SPAN>A MODERN ADVANTAGE</h2>
<h3>BY CHARLOTTE BECKER</h3>
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<span class="i0">One morning, when the sun shone bright<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And all the earth was fair,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I met a little city child,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Whose ravings rent the air.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">"I lucidly can penetrate<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The Which," I heard him say,—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">"The How is, wonderfully, come<br/></span>
<span class="i2">To clear the limpid way.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">"The sentence, rarely, rose and fell<br/></span>
<span class="i2">From ceiling to the floor;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Her words were spotlessly arranged,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">She gave me, strangely, more."<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">"What troubles you, my little man?"<br/></span>
<span class="i2">I dared to ask him then,—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">He fixed me with a subtle stare,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And said, "Most clearly, when<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">"You see I'm occupied, it's rude<br/></span>
<span class="i2">To question of my aims—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">I'm going to the adverb school<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Of Mr. Henry James!"<br/></span>
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