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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that the wild beast may trample them.
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She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;
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because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.