. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . ions, thoughtrue in the main, are yet expressed in too great a 94 FABLE XXXVIII. latitude. But one may venture to affirm, that ifmen preserved a strict regard to justice andhonesty in their dealings with each other, and,upon any mistake or misapprehension, werealways ready to refer llie matter to disinterestedumpires, of acknowledged judgment and inte-grity, they never could have the least occasionfor lawyers. When people have gone to law, itis rarely to be found but one or both parties waseither stupidly obstinate
. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . ions, thoughtrue in the main, are yet expressed in too great a 94 FABLE XXXVIII. latitude. But one may venture to affirm, that ifmen preserved a strict regard to justice andhonesty in their dealings with each other, and,upon any mistake or misapprehension, werealways ready to refer llie matter to disinterestedumpires, of acknowledged judgment and inte-grity, they never could have the least occasionfor lawyers. When people have gone to law, itis rarely to be found but one or both parties waseither stupidly obstinate, or rashly , if the case should happen to be so intricate,that a man of common sense could not distinguishwho had the best title, how easy would it be tohave the opinion of the best counsel in the land,and agree to determine it by that? If it shouldappear dubious even after that, how much betterwould it be to divide the thing in dispute, ratherthan go to law, and hazard the losing not onlyof the whole, but costs and damages into thebargain ? FABLE XXXIX. 95. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER. A CROW, ready to die with thirst, flew with joyto a Pileher, which he beheld at some he came, he found water in it indeed, butso near the bottom, that, with all his stooping andstraining, he was not able to reach it. Then heendeavoured to overturn the Pitcher, that so atleast he might be able to get a little of it. Buthis strength was not sufficient for this. At last,seeing some pebbles lie near the place, he castthem one by one into the Pitcher, and thus,by degrees, raised the water up to the very brim,and satisfied his thirst. APPLICATION. Many things which cannot be effected bystrength, or by the vulgar way of enterprising,may yet be brought about by some new anduntried means. A man of sagacity and penetra- 96 FABLE XXXIX. lion, upon encountering a difficulty or two, doesnot immediately despair; but, if he cannot suc-ceed one way, employs his wit and ingenuityano
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