First published at 19:46 UTC on December 9th, 2020.
Recorded in December 2020. Aesop (portrait left, by Landseer) flourished in the sixth century B. C. The translation, by Robert Dodsley (portrait right), was published in 1761.
00:00 The Wolf and the Lamb. Moral: "Those who do not feel the sen…
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Recorded in December 2020. Aesop (portrait left, by Landseer) flourished in the sixth century B. C. The translation, by Robert Dodsley (portrait right), was published in 1761.
00:00 The Wolf and the Lamb. Moral: "Those who do not feel the sentiments of humanity, will seldom listen to the pleas of reason."
01:52 The Lion and the Mouse. Moral: "We may all need the assistance of our inferiors; and should by no means consider the meanest among them, as wholly incapable of returning an obligation."
03:40 The Stag Drinking. Moral: "The false estimate we often make in preferring our ornamental talents, to our useful ones."
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