Chief Constable John

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    With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eyes is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves.
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    I do love thee as each flower
    Loves the sun’s life-giving power,
    For, dead, thy breath to life might move me.
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