Sir James

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    They warsled up, they warsled down,
    Till Sir John fell to the ground,
    And there was a knife in Sir Willie’s pouch,
    Gied him a deadlie wound.
    Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 5–8)

    Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
    —William James (1842–1910)