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1865–1936

THE REFINED MAN

Rudyard Kipling

I was of delicate mind. I went aside for my needs, Disdaining the common office. I was seen from afar and killed.... How is this matter for mirth? Let each man be judged by his deeds I have paid my price to live with myself on the terms that I willed.

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