{"id":38262,"date":"2020-11-13T00:02:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=38262"},"modified":"2020-11-13T01:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:50:31","slug":"for-some-the-distance-makes-them-look-great-but-up-close-they-are-not-worth-much-2341","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/for-some-the-distance-makes-them-look-great-but-up-close-they-are-not-worth-much-2341\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"For some, the distance makes them look great, but up close they are not worth much (JEAN DE LA FONTAINE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">The Camel and the Floating Sticks<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"featured-image  page-header-image-single \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The first who saw the humpback\u2019d camel<br \/>\nFled off for life; the next approach\u2019d with care;<br \/>\nThe third with tyrant rope did boldly dare<br \/>\nThe desert wanderer to trammel.<br \/>\nSuch is the power of use to change<br \/>\nThe face of objects new and strange;<br \/>\nWhich grow, by looking at, so tame,<br \/>\nThey do not even seem the same.<br \/>\nAnd since this theme is up for our attention,<br \/>\nA certain watchman I will mention,<br \/>\nWho, seeing something far<br \/>\nAway upon the ocean,<br \/>\nCould not but speak his notion<br \/>\nThat \u2019twas a ship of war.<br \/>\nSome minutes more had past,\u2014<br \/>\nA bomb\u2212ketch \u2019twas without a sail,<br \/>\nAnd then a boat, and then a bale,<br \/>\nAnd floating sticks of wood at last!<br \/>\nFull many things on earth, I wot,<br \/>\nWill claim this tale,\u2014and well they may;<br \/>\nThey\u2019re something dreadful far away,<br \/>\nBut near at hand\u2014they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Camel and the Floating Sticks by Jean de La Fontaine Fables in Book 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Camel and the Floating Sticks The first who saw the humpback\u2019d camel Fled off for life; the next approach\u2019d with care; The third with tyrant rope did boldly dare The desert wanderer to trammel. 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