A Third Sample Input File

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A Third Sample Input File

The following is a third sample file that will be used in examples to illustrate the output of diff3 and how various options can change it. The first two files are the same that we used for diff (see Two Sample Input Files). This is the third sample file, called 'tao':

The Way that can be told of is not the eternal Way;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;
The named is the mother of all things.

Therefore let there always be non-being,
so we may see their subtlety,
And let there always be being,
so we may see their result.
The two are the same,
But after they are produced,
they have different names.
-- The Way of Lao-Tzu, tr. Wing-tsit Chan