"See o'er this icy pathway pictured here, / Three sturdy travelers on foot appear; / One of them slips - he breaks his bones - / 'So much for hurrying,' thus he inward groans: / The man more wise and careful goes more slow, / Looks where he steps, and doth more surely go."—Barber, 1857

Slow but Sure

"See o'er this icy pathway pictured here, / Three sturdy travelers on foot appear; / One of them slips…