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yet, but who knows if that country one day,
some hundreds of years hence, may not awaken
to a gluttonous ambition ? "
" Ay, and woe to the carcass of the Old World
then," exclaimed the American bear; " we will
swallow ye all alive, kings, and empires, and
history, and all," and his eyes glistened with
insatiable greed.
" Stop there !" said a Russian bear ; " history
you can’t devour, and I don’t think you swallow
much of that at any time."
All the bears roared with laughter at this
impertinent remark of the Muscovite. Perhaps
it was to the point, and therefore witty.
" Besides which," continued the Russian
bear; " Russia would not let you."
" You are funny fellows," said the Swedish
bear; " you fancy yourselves the two powers in
the world. You forget that you are both so
big that you are unwieldy; you will have
plenty to do to keep yourselves alive, and be
glad to leave everybody else alone, or your
own carcass may take ill and die a natural
death." •
" Quite right, Nahley ; such is the philosophy
of history taught by experience, in all ages," I
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