When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand:
A) the bat holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat,
B) elephants pushing,
C) a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under a tree,
D) the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea,
E) the base- ball fan, the statistician.
What theme does this excerpt express?