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| | Some men underrate their best blessings. | | Some men underrate their best blessings. |
| − | <ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref> | + | <ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref> |
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| | + | ==Ralph Waldo Emerson's ''Fable'' == |
| | + | [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]'s ''Fable'' is as follows:<ref>https://poets.org/poem/fable</ref> |
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| | + | The mountain and the squirrel |
| | + | <br>Had a quarrel; |
| | + | <br>And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig.’ |
| | + | <br>Bun replied, |
| | + | <br>‘You are doubtless very big; |
| | + | <br>But all sorts of things and weather |
| | + | <br>Must be taken in together, |
| | + | <br>To make up a year |
| | + | <br>And a sphere. |
| | + | <br>And I think it no disgrace |
| | + | <br>To occupy my place. |
| | + | <br>If I'm not so large as you, |
| | + | <br>You are not so small as I, |
| | + | <br>And not half so spry. |
| | + | <br>I'll not deny you make |
| | + | <br>A very pretty squirrel track; |
| | + | <br>Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; |
| | + | <br>If I cannot carry forests on my back, |
| | + | <br>Neither can you crack a nut.’ |
| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| | *[[Conservative parables]] | | *[[Conservative parables]] |
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| | <references/> | | <references/> |
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| − | [[category:literature]] | + | [[Category:Literature]] |