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<h2>HERCULES AND MINERVA</h2>
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<p>Hercules was once travelling along a narrow road when he saw
lying on the ground in front of him what appeared to be an apple,
and as he passed he stamped upon it with his heel. To his
astonishment, instead of being crushed it doubled in size; and, on
his attacking it again and smiting it with his club, it swelled up
to an enormous size and blocked up the whole road. Upon this he
dropped his club, and stood looking at it in amazement. Just then
Minerva appeared, and said to him, "Leave it alone, my friend; that
which you see before you is the apple of discord: if you do not
meddle with it, it remains small as it was at first, but if you
resort to violence it swells into the thing you see."</p>
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