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It was six men of Indostan

To learning much inclined,

Who went to see the Elephant

(Though all of them were blind),

The First approach’d the Elephant,

And happening to fall

“God bless me! but the Elephant

Is very like a wall!”

The Second, feeling of the tusk,

Cried, - “Ho! what have we here

This wonder of an Elephant

Is very like a spear!”

The Third approached the animal,

And happening the trunk to take

“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant

Is very like a snake!”

The Fourth reached out his eager hand,

And felt about the knee.

“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant

Is very like a tree!”

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,

Deny the fact who can,

“This marvel of an Elephant

Is very like a fan!”

The Sixth no sooner had begun

About the beast’s tail to grope,

“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant

Is very like a rope!”

And so these men of Indostan

Disputed loud and long,

Though each was partly in the right,

And all were in the wrong!

-John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) (edited version)