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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
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December
28.
At
R----.
Played
the
negligent
flaneur,
reclining
on
the
Chesterfield,
leaning
against
the
grand
piano,
or
measuring
my
length
on
the
mat
before
the
fire.
December
31.
To-morrow
I
begin
duties
at
the
British
Museum
of
Natural
History.
I
cannot
quite
imagine
myself
a
Museum
assistant.
Before
I
get
there
I
know
I
shall
be
the
strangest
assistant
on
the
staff.
It
will
be
singing
my
song
in
a
Strange
land
and
weeping--I
hope
not
too
bitterly--down
by
the
waters
of
a
very
queer
Babylon.
Still,
I
have
burnt
my
bridges
like
Cæsar--or
burnt
my
ships
like
Cortez.
So
forward!
[1]
See
entry
for
October
8,
1913.
[2]
Italics
added
1917.
[3]
The
paper
was
"Distant
Orientation
in
Batrachia"--detailing
experiments
on
the
homing
faculty
in
newts.
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