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Iimericks: Intellectual
THE INTELLECTUAL LIMERICK
DETERMINISM
There was a young man who said, 'Damn!'
It appears to me now that I am
Just a being that moves
In predestinate grooves,
Not a taxi or bus, but a tram.
ANON
MATERIALISM
There was a professor of Beaulieu
Who said mind was matter or
This contempt for the
Though common at Cnidos,
Distressed the New Forest unduly.
C. K. M. .JO A D
IDEALISM
There once was a man who said, 'God
Must think it exceedingly odd
If he finds that this tree
Continues to be
When there's no one about in the Quad.'
RONALD KNOX
A REPLY
Dear Sir, Your astonishment's odd,
1 am always about in the Quad;
And that's why this tree
Will continue to be,
Since observed by Yours faithfully, GOD.
ANON
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