Ralph Waldo Emerson teaches the lesson that everything is needed in its
own place, in this quaint bit of verse:
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel;
And the former called the latter, “Little prig.”
Bun replied,
“You are doubtless very big,
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere;
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I.
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I can not carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.” (Text.)
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=Tales That Won Fame=--See GENIUS CAN NOT BE HIDDEN.
=Talk=--See CLUB WISDOM.