Senate Select Committee

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“Like Cato, give his little Senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.”
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“Here lies the body of Sir John Guise.
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries;
Where his soul is and how it fares
Nobody knows and nobody cares.”
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