The Best of All Possible Worlds

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[DR. PANGLOSS] Let us review Lesson eleven! [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Paragraph two Axiom seven [PANGLOSS] Once one dismisses The rest of all possible worlds One finds that this is The best of all possible worlds [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Once one dismisses The rest of all possible worlds One finds that this is The best of all possible worlds [PANGLOSS] Pray classify Pigeons and camels [MAXIMILLIAN] Pigeons can fly [PAQUETTE] Camels are mammals [PANGLOSS] There is a reason For everything under the sun [CANDIDE] There is a season For everything under the sun [MAXIMILLIAN] Objection! What about snakes? [PANGLOSS] Snakes! 'Twas Snake that tempted mother Eve Because of Snake we now believe That though depraved We can be saved From hellfire and damnation [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Because of Snake's temptation! [PANGLOSS] If Snake had not seduced our lot And primed us for salvation Jehovah could not pardon all The sins that we call cardinal Involving bed and bottle [PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Now onto Aristotle [PANGLOSS] Mankind is one All men are brothers [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] As you'd have done Do unto others [PANGLOSS] It's understood in This best of all possible worlds [MAXIMILLIAN] All's for the good in This best of all possible worlds [CANDIDE] Objection! What about war? [PANGLOSS] War! Though war may seem a bloody curse It is a blessing in reverse When cannon roar Both rich and poor By danger are united [MAXIMILIAN] 'Til every wrong is righted [PANGLOSS] Philosophers make evident The point that I have cited 'Tis war makes equal, as it were The noble and the commoner Thus war improves relations [PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Now onto conjugations [PANGLOSS] Amo, amas Amat, amamus [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Amo, amas Amat, amamus [PANGLOSS] Proving that this is The best of all possible worlds [CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] With love and kisses The best of all possible worlds [PANGLOSS] Quod erat demonstrandum! Q. E. D.  [MAXIMILLIAN] Quod erat demunstrandum! Q. E. D.  [CANDIDE] Quod erat demunstrandum! Q. E. D.  [PANGLOSS] Amo, amas Amat, amamus [PAQUETTE] Quod erat demunstrandum! Q. E. D.  [MAXIMILLIAN] Amo, amas Amat, amamus [CUNEGONDE] Quod erat demunstrandum! Q. E. D.  [CANDIDE] Amo, amas Q. E. D.  [PANGLOSS] Quod erat demunstrandum! [MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Amo, amas [PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILIAN & PAQUETTE] Quod erat demonstrandum In this best of all Possible, possible, possible worlds! Quod erat demonstrandum! Q! E! D!