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.... The Quail is a very timorous
bird, who never achieves anything notable, yet he
has a crest. The Jay, who is of a warlike and
powerful family, has no crest. There is a moral in
this which Aristocracy will do well to ponder.
But the quail is very good to eat and the jay is
not. The quail is entitled to a crest. (In the
Eastern States, this meditation will provoke dispute,
for there the jay has a crest and the quail has not.
The Eastern States are exceptional and inferior.)