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Practice № 10 of 12

A past spine

The poem hides a 5-letter word. Each line holds one letter of it, in order — but nothing says which letter. Six guesses. Find the spine.

To bed and to rise at this hour, says Poor Richard.

  1. early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," as Poor Richard says.
  2. Are you then your own master?
  3. Handle your tools without mittens: remember, that "The cat in gloves catches no mice," as Poor Richard says.
  4. while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
  5. you are weak-handed: but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects;

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