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Will the wolves then protect the sheep, if they can but persuade them to give up their dogs?
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Will the wolves then protect the sheep, if they can but persuade them to give up their dogs?”
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Franklin uses a metaphor to illustrate the danger of trusting those who would undermine one's defenses.
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