燒炭人在一所房子裏做生意，後來附近又來了一個漂洗工。於是，燒炭人就提議，漂洗工搬來和自己一起居住，既然挨得這麼近，合住一間房子可以省掉不少開支。可是，他的建議被漂洗工拒絕了： “萬萬不可！如果咱們住一起，那麼我剛漂白的東西，就會馬上被你的煤煙弄髒的。 ”
本質上不相同的東西是不能混合在一起的。
A Charer his trade in his own house. O a friereated him to e ah him，saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessehe Fuller replied，“The arra is impossible as far as I am ed，for whatever I should whiten，you would immediately bla with your charcoal.”
Like will draw like.