The _Goose_ and _Gosselin_.
Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were
_Hipshot_? says the _Goose_ to her _Gosselin_. The _Young One_ try’d to
Mend it, but Could not; and so the _Mother_ ty’d Little Sticks to her
Legs, to keep her Upright: But the _Little One_ Complain’d then, that she
could neither Swim, nor Dabble with ’em. Well, says the _Mother_, Do but
hold up your Head at least. The _Gosselin_ Endeavour’d to do That too;
but upon the Stretching out of her Long Neck, she complain’d that she
could not see the Way before her; Nay then, says the _Goose_, if it will
be no Better, e’en carry your Head and your Feet, as your Elders have
done before ye.
The MORAL of the Two FABLES above.
_Ill Examples Corrupt even the Best Dispositions, but we must Distinguish
betwixt Natural and Moral Actions._