Once a novice approached the master and said:

- I think I understand the Perl-nature. It is like the C-nature, but w
+ith built-in regexes and hashes.

The master smiled and said:

- For the Wolf to survive in the mountain, she must be able to fight. 
+For the Eagle to survive in the mountain, she must be able to fly. Fo
+r the Salmon to survive in the mountain, she must be able to swim. Th
+e Wolf, the Eagle, the Salmon; these are all good at what they do.

However, there is another species which survives in the mountain: the 
+Man. The Man does not have a strong bite, or wings, or gills. Indeed,
+ the Man is poor at all of these things, and would lose in a fight ag
+ainst the Wolf, or in a swim against the Salmon. However, the Man doe
+s all those things, and therein lies its power - by doing all things,
+ and by knowing what to do, the Man not only survives in the mountain
+, he also builds a monastery to teach his disciples to be like the Wo
+lf, or the Hawk, or the Salmon.

Perl is like the Man. It thrives where other languages perish, not by 
+being the best at any given thing, but by being able to do it all, an
+d by knowing to take advantage of this ability. Like the Man, Perl is
+ a generalist. And so must be the Perl programmer, for the only way t
+o achieve the Perl-nature is to become one with it.

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