A Valuable Suggestion
A
Valuable Suggestion
A Big Nation having a
quarrel with a Little Nation, resolved to terrify its antagonist by a grand
naval demonstration in the latter’s principal port. So the Big Nation
assembled all its ships of war from all over the world, and was about to send
them three hundred and fifty thousand miles to the place of rendezvous, when
the President of the Big Nation received the following note from the President
of the Little Nation: “My great and good friend, I hear that you are going to
show us your navy, in order to impress us with a sense of your power. How
needless the expense! To prove to you that we already know all about it,
I inclose herewith a list and description of all the ships you have.” The great
and good friend was so struck by the hard sense of the letter that he kept his
navy at home, and saved one thousand million dollars. This economy
enabled him to buy a satisfactory decision when the cause of the quarrel was
submitted to arbitration.
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