Old ships lying at anchor may have the appearance of soundness
and the outward evidence of strength, usefulness, and sea-going
qualities, but, when carefully examined for a sea voyage, are
often found to be covered with barnacles and to be affected with
dry rot. When such a vessel, no matter what good it has done
or what use it has been in the traffic and carrying trade, is
condemned, it is at once replaced by a new or more modern one
that is in perfect order and fully seaworthy. What is true of
vessels is often true of men also.--_American Artisan._
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See JUDGMENT, GRADUAL.
=Deceit=--See ENTICEMENT; UNTRUTHFULNESS.
=Deceit Discovered=--See FALSEHOOD.