PEDIATRICS Vol. 50 No. 6 December 1972, pp. 960
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Excerpt VI: Fisherman and the Fish

Thomas E. Cone Jr. M.D.

A FAVORITE moral taught to our schoolchildren a century and a half ago was that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.1 This precept was reinforced by also having the children memorize the following quotation from Horace: Snatch the sleeve of today and trust as little as you may to to tomorrow.