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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
72
Now
the
hypnosis
of
the
classic--that
what
we
call
intelligence
is
only
an
expression
of
inequilibrium;
that
when
mental
adjustments
are
made,
intelligence
ceases--or,
of
course,
that
intelligence
is
the
confession
of
ignorance.
If
you
have
intelligence
upon
any
subject,
that
is
something
you're
still
learning--if
we
agree
that
that
which
is
learned
is
always
mechanically
done--in
quasi-terms,
of
course,
because
nothing
is
ever
finally
learned.
It
was
decided
that
this
substance
was
spiders'
web.
That
was
adjustment.
But
it's
not
adjustment
to
me;
so
I'm
afraid
I
shall
have
some
intelligence
in
this
matter.
If
I
ever
arrive
at
adjustment
upon
this
subject,
then,
upon
this
subject,
I
shall
be
able
to
have
no
thoughts,
except
routine-thoughts.
I
haven't
yet
quite
decided
absolutely
everything,
so
I
am
able
to
point
out:
That
this
substance
was
of
quantity
so
enormous
that
it
attracted
wide
attention
when
it
came
down--
That
it
would
have
been
equally
noteworthy
when
it
went
up--
That
there
is
no
record
of
anyone,
in
England
or
elsewhere,
having
seen
tons
of
"spider
webs"
going
up,
September,
1741.
Further
confession
of
intelligence
upon
my
part:
That,
if
it
be
contested,
then,
that
the
place
of
origin
may
have
been
far
away,
but
still
terrestrial--
Then
it's
that
other
familiar
matter
of
incredible
"marksmanship"
again--hitting
a
small,
triangular
space
for
hours--interval
of
hours--then
from
nine
in
the
morning
until
night:
same
small
triangular
space.
These
are
the
disregards
of
the
classic
explanation.
There
is
no
mention
of
spiders
having
been
seen
to
fall,
but
a
good
inclusion
is
that,
though
this
substance
fell
in
good-sized
flakes
of
considerable
weight,
it
was
viscous.
In
this
respect
it
was
like
cobwebs:
dogs
nosing
it
on
grass,
were
blindfolded
with
it.
This
circumstance
does
strongly
suggest
cobwebs--
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