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corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text along
with a list of inconsistently spelled words.
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We may live without poetry, music, and art;
We may live without conscience and live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without _cooks_.
He may live without books--what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope--what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love--what is passion but pining?
But where is the man who can live without _dining_?
OWEN MEREDITH'S "LUCILE."
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POETICAL COOK-BOOK.