Some 'twixt man and ape the chasm
To bridge o'er with Protoplasm
      Have endeavoured:
Some for Huxley, some for Moses,
Have pulled caps and almost noses,
      Science-severed!

Some who in Kerguelen's Land
To watch Venus' transit planned,
From Development Darwinian
Some ascend on fancy’s pinion,
      Scorning cheek;
Of development they dream,
Swift as light and soft as cream–
      Hub, from Sec.!

"See" (triumphantly say some)
"Natural Selection come
      To the rub,
When, by Nature’s laws, the Blues
Their B.A. are free to choose
      In their Club!"

Ladies, do think where you are!
Youth your Sec, should find a bar
      In his way!
To B. A.’s sans barbe prefer
That sedate Philosopher,
      Punch, B.A.!