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Used left or right, I get to travel over cobblestone or gravel. Used up, I vie for sweet success, used down, I cause men great duress.
What binds two people yet touches only one?
Power enough to smash ships and crush roofs. Yet it still must fear the sun.
I crawl on the earth. And rise on a pillar.
What instrument can make any sound and be heart, but not touched or seen?
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?