I fear him and all his breed.

The beaver is a builder and the rat is a destroyer; yet they both belong to the rodent race.

The beaver harvests his food in the summer; he builds a house and stores that food for the winter.

The rat sneaks to the food stores of others: he eats what he wants and ruins the rest and then runs and hides in his hole.

He lives in the builder's house, but he is not a builder.
He undermines that house; he is a rat.
Some men are by nature beavers, and some are rats; yet they all belong to the human race.