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Old Saws with New Readings [for the Saturday Press]

Armac. "Old Saws with New Readings [for the Saturday Press]." New York Saturday Press. 23 Dec. 1865: 324-325.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
commentary
Abstract: 

A refutation of the proverb: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The speaker claims that this saying breeds stagnation.