sentences:  Lankester finished the article on a fanciful note by imagining the "disastrous results in the way of perplexity" that could result from such an investigation, quoting the poem and mentioning that the author was unknown to him or to the friend who sent it to him.It has since been variously attributed to specific authors but without convincing evidence, and often appears under the title "The Centipede's Dilemma".The version in the article is as follows