John, Pete, and the Elephant (Difference between Man and Elephant)

[By my father.  Almost certainly written before I was born.] 
John sees Pete as being different from himself and considering himself good and right considers Pete evil and wrong and further considers killing him, both as a self-defense measure and to rid the world of evil and wrong.
Pete sees John as being different from himself and considering himself good and right considers John evil and wrong and further considers killing him, both as a self-defense measure and to rid the world of evil and wrong.
The elephant sees both John and Pete as being two of a same thing which is different from itself and considering them as neither food nor things which consider it as food goes to the stream seeking comfort from a hot sun.