It was six men of Indostan to learning much inclined Who went to see the elephant though all of them were blind, That each by observation might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the elephant, and happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, at once began to bawl: 'God bless me! But the elephant is very like a wall!'
The Second, feeling of the tusk, cried, 'Ho! What have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an elephant is very like a spear!'
The Third approached the animal, and happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, thus blodly up and spake: 'I see,' quoth he, 'the Elephant is very like a snake!'
The Fourth reached out an eager hand, and felt about the knee, 'What most this wondrous beast is like is mighty plain,' quoth he; ' 'Tis clear enough the Elephant is very like a tree!'
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: 'E'en the blindest man can tell what this resembles most; deny the fact who can This marvel of an elephant is very like a fan!'
The Sixth no sooner had begun about the beast to grope, than, seizing on the swinging tail that fell within his scope, 'I see,' quoth he, 'the Elephant is very like a rope!'
And so these men of Indostan disputed loud and long, each in his own opinion exceeding stiff and strong, though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong!
Moral:
So oft in theologic wars, the disputants, I ween, rail on in utter ignorance of what each other mean, and prate about an elephant; not one of them has seen!
世界人権宣言
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同宣言案は、1948年12月10日に第３回国連総会において「世界人権宣言」（Universal Declaration of Human Rights）として賛成48、反対０、棄権８（ソ連、ウクライナ、白ロシア、ポーランド、チェコスロバキア、ユーゴスラビア、サウジアラビア、南アフリカ）、欠席２（ホンジュラス、イエメン）で採択されました。同宣言は、人権及び自由を尊重し確保するために、すべての人民とすべての国とが達成すべき共通の基準を定めたものです。なお、1950年の第５回国連総会において、毎年12月10日を「人権デー」（Human Rights Day）として、世界中で記念行事を行うことが決議されました。