Bodily member(s) sacrificed to save life. (Cf. J341.)

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Bodily member(s) sacrificed to save life. (Cf. J341.)

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Gains and losses. · Choices: small inconvenience, large gain. · view the constellation · filed as J351

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Spanish ExemplaKeller.

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Filed under Choices: small inconvenience, large gain.

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Beaver sacrifices scrotum to save life. Cuts it off and leaves it for pursuers

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Inconvenience disregarded when booty is in sight Slight inconvenience in weather, large gain Less inconvenience in fighting though tired than in losing all for a little rest Priest sells his donkey because worry for its safety distracts him from prayer Small inconvenience, large gain – miscellaneous

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Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.)

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