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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"No,
don't
do
that,"
said
the
Idiot,
slyly.
"I
shall
be
satisfied
to
see
your
name
in
print."
The
Poet
having
accepted
this
sally
in
the
spirit
in
which
it
was
intended,
the
Idiot
resumed:
"But
of
course
the
Elixir
and
the
Electrical
Pills
are
as
yet
all
in
the
air.
We
haven't
even
taken
a
step
in
that
direction.
Mr.
Edison
and
other
wizards
have
been
too
much
occupied
with
electric
lights
and
telephones
and
phonographs
and
transatlantic
notions
to
pay
any
attention
to
schemes
to
prolong
life
and
keep
us,
despite
our
years,
perpetually
young."
"I
fancy
they
are
likely
to
continue
to
do
so,"
said
the
Doctor.
"Whatever
motive
you
may
attribute
to
me
for
pooh-poohing
your
notions,
I
do
so.
No
sane
person
wants
to
live
forever,
and
if
it
were
possible
that
all
men
might
live
forever,
you'd
soon
find
the
world
so
crowded
that
the
slighter
actors
in
the
human
comedy
would
be
shoved
off
the
stage.
There
are
enough
people
in
the
world
now,
without
man's
adding
all
future
generations
to
their
number
and
making
death
an
impossibility."
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