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The members of the Body once rebelled against him. They said he led an idle, lazy life at their expense. The Hands declared that they would not again lift a crust even to keep him from starving, the Mouth that it would not take in a bit of food, the Legs that they would carry him no longer, and so on with the others. The Body quietly allowed them to follow their own courses, well knowing that they would all soon come to their senses, and indeed they did, when, for want of the blood and nourishment supplied from the stomach, they found themselves fast becoming mere skin and bone.

Moral: No one can live to himself, but must take account of his neighbors’ needs.