It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined
Who went to see the elephant
Though all of them were blind
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind
The first approached the elephant, and happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side, at once began to bawl
"God bless me! but the elephant, is nothing but a wall!"
The second feeling of the tusk, cried: "Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp? To me tis very clear
This wonder of an elephant, is very like a spear!"
And so these men of Indostan, disputed loud and long
Each in his own opinion, exceeding stiff and strong
Though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong!
So, oft in theologic wars, the disputants, I ween
Tread on in utter ignorance, of what each other mean
And prate about the elephant, not one of them has seen!
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