The Old Paths (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Old Paths Six Blind Men It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the elephant, (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The first approached the elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the elephant Is very like a wall!" The second feeling of the tusk, Cried: "Ho! What have we here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp? To me ´tis very clear This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!" The third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly he spake: "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a snake." The fourth reached out his eager hand, And fell about the knee; "What most this wondrous beast is like, Is very plain," qouth he; "´Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like a tree!" The fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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