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in his
family. His sons were always quarreling among themselves. He loves his family so well that he tried to
unite his sons with words of good counsel. His efforts to unite them were in vain. He was so sad that his
sickness got worse. One day, when he was at the point of death, he called his sons to his room. Before
him lay a bundle of sticks which he had tied together.
He commanded his sons to take turns in breaking the bundle into two. No one was able to break it. Then
he asked one of his sons to disunite the bundle.
"Now break the sticks one by one, " the father commanded.
After all the sticks were broken, the father said, " This is a lesson to you. As long as you remain United
nobody can destroy you or do you harm but when you quarrel with each other and separate, you will be
weak. Your enemies will defeat you easily. "
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