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132 J 22 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
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So that if you see a gold-emblazoned tablet,
commemorating the great heroic deeds of Sir
Somebody, and praising his generosity and
largeness of heart towards humanity, it
sometimes happens that it reads the other way from
above, the way the angels also must read it at
all times ; as thus : ’ Sir Nobody, who thought
himself Sir Somebody; kept at a respectful
distance in battle, and sent two heroes into the fire
instead of himself. When he subscribed to a
charity, it was not the commendable cause that
made him give more than others, but merely
the desire to gratify a spite against a hated
rival for popularity.’"
" Poor bat!" I said, " you must become quite
a misanthrope, from looking so often upon the
world the reverse way to what we do. I
prefer to look upon it in its ordinary way, and
believe the fine and good things we write and
say about each other. It makes one happier."
" Ah ! a dangerous deceit!" continued the
bat. " But our keen glance sometimes discerns
glorious inscriptions where none have been
made by human hand. These, however,
cannot be read by ordinary eyes, only by those
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