Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 318
Do not revile the patient snailBecause he crawls so very slowlys a race-horse he would failWithout doubt, this creature lowly But think of this, and answer true:Would the race-horse on the track Than the snail much better doWith his stable oil his back? … THE WAIL OF THE UNICORN. By E. T. Corbett.
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