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"We are weak! " said the Sticks, and men broke them; "We are weak! " said the Threads, and were torn; Till new thoughts came and they spoke them; Till the Fagot and the Rope were born.
For the Fagot men find is resistant, And they anchor on the Rope's taut length; Even grasshoppers combined, Are a force, the farmers find -- In union there is strength.