The Three Tradesmen
Aesop Fable: The Three Tradesmen
A great city was besieged, and its inhabitants were called
together to consider the best means of protecting it from
the enemy.
A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as
affording the best material for an effective resistance.
A
Carpenter, with equal enthusiasm, proposed timber as a preferable
method of defense.
Upon which a Currier stood up
and said, "Sirs, I differ from you altogether: there is no
material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and
nothing so good as leather."
Every man for himself.
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