"I shall give you a response to what you have just recited like a magic spell, and a rebuttal to your charming ditty delivered in a bellow. Do not make me out to be an ignoramus -- I will answer you once and for all!"
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A learned scribe to his supervisor, The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe ( C) by an anonymous author, late third or early second millennium BCE, at .
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