Here is a paradox we should not pass
Without inquiry. We are prone to say,
“This thing is Needful—that Superfluous”—
Yet they invariably co-exist!
We find the Needful comprehended in
The circle of the grand Superfluous;
While the Superfluous can not be bought
Unless you’re amply furnished with the Needful.
These singular considerations are—
Prin. Superfluous, yet not Needful—so, you see,