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The model is indeed near at hand (Lu Ji)

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In making the handle
Of an axe
By cutting wood with an axe
The model is indeed near at hand.



(Lu Ji's Wên Fu, fourth century A.D. "Essay on Literature"- in the Preface, via Gary Snyder's poem - Axe Handles)

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