{"id":20128,"date":"2016-12-05T00:02:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T22:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=20128&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-12-04T15:44:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T13:44:56","slug":"the-three-tradesmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/the-three-tradesmen\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Three Tradesmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great city was besieged, and its inhabitants were called\u00a0together to consider the best means of protecting it from the<br \/>\nenemy. A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as affording\u00a0the best material for an effective resistance. A Carpenter, with<br \/>\nequal enthusiasm, proposed timber as a preferable method of\u00a0defense. Upon which a Currier stood up and said, &#8220;Sirs, I differ<br \/>\nfrom you altogether: there is no material for resistance equal to\u00a0a covering of hides; and nothing so good as leather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Moral:Every man for himself. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aesop<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image:https:\/\/racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/28\/chapter-by-chapter-analysis-eddard-iv\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great city was besieged, and its inhabitants were called\u00a0together to consider the best means of protecting it from the enemy. A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as affording\u00a0the best material for an effective resistance. 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