It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen,… - Samuel Butler

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It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen, but is it not also hard upon the hen to have hatched the duckling?

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen, but is it not also hard upon the hen to have hatched the duckling? - Samuel Butler

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