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A Man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented

severely on the injustice of the gods. "They care nothing for a

man's character," said he, "but let the good and the bad go to

their deaths together." There was an ant-heap close by where he

was standing, and, just as he spoke, he was bitten in the foot by

an Ant. Turning in a temper to the ant-heap he stamped upon it

and crushed hundreds of unoffending ants. Suddenly Mercury

appeared, and belaboured him with his staff, saying as he did so,

"You villain, where's your nice sense of justice now?"

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