Plagiarism carries inevitable detection with it Pure accident and by its own contributory negligence Refused to see us as we see ourselves Should be very sorry to do good, as people called it So many millionaires and so many tramps So touching that it brought the lump into my own throat Solution of the problem how and where to spend the summer Some of it's good, and most of it isn't Some of us may be toys and playthings without reproach Superiority one likes to feel towards the rich and great Take our pleasures ungraciously The old and ugly are fastidious as to the looks of others They are so many and I am so few Those who decide their fate are always rebelling against it Those who work too much and those who rest too much Unfailing American kindness Visitors of the more inquisitive sex We cannot all be hard-working donkeys We who have neither youth nor beauty should always expect it Whatever choice you make, you are pretty sure to regret it End of Project Gutenberg's Short Stories and Essays, by William Dean Howells