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THE LAW-SUIT BETWEEN TWO FOXES.
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FABLE XXXI.
THE LAW-SUIT BETWEEN TWO FOXES.

Oh how I hate that pedant art,
So captious and so very smart,
Which of a thing as clear as light,
Makes all obscure and dark as night;
Makes error right, and proves to you
That truth itself must be untrue!