一座大城市被敵人圍攻，市民們被號召起來思考脫困的辦法。一個磚瓦匠說： “磚石是最堅固、有效的抵禦材料。 ”木匠則說： “木材才是最適合的。 ”這時，一個皮革匠站起來說： “你們兩位的建議我都不同意，我認為再沒有什麼東西是比皮革更恰當的防禦材料了！ ”
人人為己。
A great city was besieged，and its inhabitaogether to sider the best means it from the enemy. A Bricklayer early reended bricks as aff the best material for aive resistance. A ter，with equal enthusiasm，proposed timber as a preferable method of defense. Upon which a Currier stood up and said， “Sirs，I differ from you altogether: there is no material for resista of hides；and nothing so good as leather.”
Every man for himself.