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The Flatterer and the Tortoise

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 22, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 12.

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The Flatterer and the Tortoise

It was a maxim among the Greeks that a flatterer who lifts you up to the clouds, has the same motiveas the eagle when he raises the tortoise in the air—he wishes to gain something by your fall.