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The Ostrich and the Horse[a]

13 “The wings of an ostrich are ineffectual,
    since its pinions and its plumage are scanty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:13 The ostrich seems to be bizarre, lacking foresight, and hard on its little ones (Lam 4:3), but it has incomparable speed. Inexplicable is the bravery of the war horse, described here by a connoisseur and an artist.