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It floats over the land, It cuts the tallest mountain, Its voice is like a fountain, Its body like a snake, Will flow into a lake.
What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
Two in a whole and four in a pair. And six in a trio you see. And eight's a quartet but what you must get. Is the name that fits just one of me?
My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?