This bird is Expediency.

One lives in the mire.

This bird is Subserviency.

He who writes with a feather plucked from the wing of the first bird
will not be listened to for ages to come.

He who writes with a feather plucked from the wing of the second bird
will receive the plaudits of the people.

He who writes with a feather plucked from the wing of the third bird
will be worshipped by the mob.

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Not gold, not broad acres, not vast power, not blazoned titles, not
eloquence, but truth is the lever which moves the world.

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When Europe completes the process of Christianizing China that nation
will have disappeared from the map.

The truth-seeker never digs in the columns of the political newspaper.

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A money shaver with a conscience would soon be poorer than his clients.