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      "text": "Bill, of course, treated this conduct with silent contempt. It was his rule through life, he said, never to fight people with beaks.",
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      "text": "Oh, rolling round the ocean,\n\nFrom a far and foreign land,\n\nMay suit the common notion\n\nThat a sailor's life is grand.But as for me, I'd sooner be\n\nA roaring here at home\n\nAbout the rolling, roaring life\n\nOf them that sails the foam.For the homeward-bounder's chorus,\n\nWhich he roars across the foam,\n\nIs all about chucking a sailor's life,\n\nAnd settling down at home.Home, home, home,\n\nThat's the song of them that roam,\n\nThe song of the roaring, rolling sea\n\nIs all about rolling home.",
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