"... a New England horse-trader sold a farmer a nag under the guarantee that she was 'strong, and without fault.' When on the way home, the farmer's new purchase walked bang into a stone wall, he turned back and protested furiously that the horse, despite the warranty, was blind. 'Ah, sir,' replied the dealer, 'blindness is not her fault, it's her misfortune."
Paraphrased from Salomon, Semantics and Common Sense, 84-85.
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