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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
190
January
2.
The
Fire
Bogey
"This
Box
contains
Manuscripts.
One
guinea
will
be
paid
to
any
one
who
in
case
of
danger
from
fire
saves
it
from
damage
or
loss."
Signed:
W.N.P.
BARBELLION.
I
have
had
this
printed
in
large
black
characters
on
a
card,
framed
and
nailed
to
my
"coffin"
of
Journals.
I
told
the
printer
first
to
say
Two
Guineas,
but
he
suggested
that
One
Guinea
was
quite
enough.
I
agreed
but
wondered
how
the
devil
he
knew
what
the
Journals
were
worth--nobody
knows.
Next
month,
I
expect
I
shall
have
a
"hand"
painted
on
the
wall
and
pointing
towards
the
box.
And
the
month
after
that
I
shall
hire
a
fireman
to
be
on
duty
night
and
day
standing
outside
No.
101
in
a
brass
helmet
and
his
hatchet
up
at
the
salute.
These
precious
Journals!
Supposing
I
lost
them!
I
cannot
imagine
the
anguish
it
would
cause
me.
It
would
be
the
death
of
my
real
self
and
as
I
should
take
no
pleasure
in
the
perpetuation
of
my
flabby,
flaccid,
anæmic,
amiable
puppet-self,
I
should
probably
commit
suicide.
August
7.
Harvey
who
discovered
the
circulation
of
the
blood
also
conducted
a
great
many
investigations
into
the
Anatomy
and
development
of
insects.
But
all
his
MSS.
and
drawings
disappeared
in
the
fortunes
of
war,
and
one
half
of
his
life
work
thus
disappeared.
This
makes
me
feverish,
living
as
I
do
in
Armageddon!
Again,
all
Malpighi's
pictures,
furniture,
books
and
MSS.
were
destroyed
in
a
lamentable
fire
at
his
house
in
Bononia,
occasioned
it
is
said
by
the
negligence
of
his
old
wife.
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