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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"Then
don't
take
it!"
said
the
School-master.
"You
have
suffered
from
an
aggravated
case
of
youngness
for
as
long
a
time
as
I
have
known
you.
Pray
do
nothing
to
intensify
your
youth."
"I
fear
I
shall
be
forced
to
deny
myself
that
pleasure,
Mr.
Pedagog,"
returned
the
Idiot,
mildly,
"for
the
unhappy
reason
that
as
yet
the
formula
for
the
Electrical
Elixir
has
not
been
discovered;
that
it
will
be
discovered
before
I
die
I
hope
and
pray,
because,
unlike
the
man
in
the
hymn,
I
would
live
always.
I'd
like
to
be
an
immortal."
"An
immortal
Idiot!
Think
of
it!"
said
the
Doctor.
"I
didn't
expect
much
sympathy
from
you,
Dr.
Capsule,"
said
the
Idiot.
"The
man
with
car-horses
to
sell
does
not
dote
upon
the
trolley-car."
"The
application
of
the
allegory
is
not
entirely
apparent,"
said
the
Doctor.
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