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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"You
have
just
said
that
you
did
not
listen
to
the
lecture.
How
do
you
know
that
what
you
say
is
true?"
put
in
the
Bibliomaniac.
"I
know
Professor
Peterkin,"
said
the
Idiot.
"Does
he
know
you?"
sneered
Mr.
Pedagog.
"I
don't
think
he
would
remember
me
if
you
should
speak
my
name
in
his
presence,"
observed
the
Idiot,
calmly.
"But
that
is
easily
accounted
for.
The
Professor
never
remembers
anybody
but
himself."
"Well,
I
admit,"
said
Mr.
Pedagog,
"that
the
Professor's
lectures
were
rather
advanced
for
the
comprehension
of
a
person
like
the
Idiot,
nevertheless
it
was
an
enjoyable
occasion,
and
I
doubt
if
the
fulminations
of
our
friend
here
will
avail
against
University
Extension."
"You
speak
a
sad
truth,"
said
the
Idiot.
"Social
fads
are
impervious
to
fulmination,
as
Solomon
might
have
said
had
he
thought
of
it.
As
long
as
a
thing
is
a
social
fad
it
will
thrive,
and,
on
the
whole,
perhaps
it
ought
to
thrive.
Anything
which
gives
society
something
to
think
about
has
its
value,
and
the
mere
fact
that
it
makes
society
think
is
proof
of
that
value."
"We
seem
to
be
in
a
philosophic
frame
of
mind
this
morning,"
said
Mr.
Whitechoker.
"We
are,"
returned
the
Idiot.
"That's
one
thing
about
University
Extension.
It
makes
us
philosophic.
It
has
made
a
stoic
of
my
dear
old
daddy."
"Oh
yes!"
cried
Mr.
Pedagog.
"You
have
a
father,
haven't
you?
I
had
forgotten
that."
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