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    The Blind Men and the Elephant
    A Hindoo Fable - by John Godfrey Saxe
    I
    It was six men of Indostan
    To learning much inclined,
    Who went to see the Elephant
    (Thought all of them were blind).
    That each by observation
    Might satisfy his mind.
    II
    The FIRST approached the Elephant
    And happening to fall
    Against his broad and sturdy side
    At once began to bawl:
    'God bless me, but the Elephant
    Is very like a wall!'
    III
    The SECOND, feeling of the tusk,
    Cried 'Ho! What have we here
    So very round and smooth and sharp?
    To me 'tis mightly clear
    This wonder of an Elephant
    Is very like a spear.'
    IV
    The THIRD approached the animal,
    And happening to take
    The squirming trunk within his hands,
    Thus boldly up and spake:
    'I see, 'quoth he, 'the Elephant
    Is very like a snake!'
    V
    The FOURTH reached out his eager hand,
    And felt about the knee,
    'What most this wondrous beast is like
    Is mightly plain, 'quoth he:
    'Tis clear enough the Elephant
    Is very like a tree!'
    VI
    The FIFTH, who chanced to touch the ear,
    Said: 'E'en the blindest man
    Can tell what this resembles most,
    Deny the fact who can,
    This marvel of an Elephant
    Is very like a fan!'
    VII
    The SIXTH no sooner had begun
    About the beast to grope,
    Than, seizing on the swinging tail
    That fell within his scope,
    'I see, 'quoth he, 'the Elephant
    Is very like a rope!'
    VIII
    And so these men of Indostan
    Disputed loud and long,
    Each in his own opinion
    Exceeding stiff and strong.
    Though each was partly in the right
    And all were in the wrong.
    IX
    So, oft in theologic wars
    The disputants, I ween,
    Rail on in utter ignorance
    Of what each other mean
    And prate about an Elephant
    Not one of them has seen!