A MAN of humble1 birth and no breading, who held a high political
office, was passing through a forest, when he met a Monkey.
I take it you are one of my constituents, the Man said.
No, replied the Monkey; but I will support you if you can urge a
valid2 claim to my approval.
I am a self-made man, said the other, proudly.
That is nothing, the Monkey said. And going to a bigger pine, he
rose by his own unaided exertions3 to the TOP branch, where he sat,
all bedaubed with the pitch which that vegetable exudes4. Now, he
added, I am a self-made Monkey.
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