None of us is part of the amalgam.
Equal is not the same
as same as, but in lieu of
just as good.
With nothing to lose,
save the uniform of reason,
we could all bare the truth
as bad as we may see
this in them.
Painting by Jean François de Troy, (1735) in [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Painting by Jean François de Troy, (1735) in [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.