From: eciton@earthlinkNOSPAM.next   
      
   On 16 Feb 2006 10:27:05 -0800, nannetti@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >I'm writing a paper and would like to refer to an object or person's   
   >undiscovered value...something akin to a "diamond hidden in the rough".   
   > I was wondering if there are any great stories or characters in   
   >mythology that someone can point me to in reference to this.  Thanks!   
      
   Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Ducking" comes to mind.   
      
   --   
     Mark Isaak     eciton (at) earthlink (dot) net   
    "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of   
     the leaders.  That is easy.  All you have to do is tell them they are   
     being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and   
     exposing the country to danger." -- Hermann Goering   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)