"It is an Arabian legent, that, when the ostrich was told to carry a load, it answered, "I cannot, I am a bird;" and, when it was told to fly, it answered, "I cannot, I am a camel." It is also an Arabian legend, that, when the rats were taxed, the bat said, "I am a rat."..." - Socialism and Universal suffrage; prelude on current events "It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless." - Epictetus Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1910 года (издательство "Hodder and Stoughton, London"). Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Socialism, with preludes on current events (Joseph Cook)