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Moore's Epigram On Abbott

Mr. Speaker Abbott having spoken in slighting terms of some of Moore's
poems, the poet wrote, in return, the following biting epigram:

"They say he has no heart; but I deny it;
He has a heart--and gets his speeches by it."

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