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I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous, In short in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-Gineral.

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

GENERAL: I'm very good at integral and differential calculus; I know the scientific names of beings animalculous: In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir