Re: Kipling (the 6 servants)

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:43

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I keep six honest serving men,
  they taught me all I know.
Their names are who and what and when
  and where and why and how.

..

I don't recall the rest, it's addressed
by Kipling to his daughter, and was doubtless
written in exasperation at an excessive
sequence of whys.  I think you'll find
the original in the "Just-so" stories.

Al Moore

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