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Alexander the Great was being shown the Gordian Knot. "It can't be untied," they told him; "every man who tried to do so, failed."
But Alexander was not discouraged because the "rest" had flunked. He simply realized that he would have to go at it in a "different" way. And instead of wasting time with his "fingers", he drew his sword and "slashed" it apart.