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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"You
are
the
man
to
do
it,"
said
the
Bibliomaniac.
"An
inventive
genius
such
as
you
are
ought
to
be
able
to
solve
the
problem."
"Perhaps
he
ought
to
be,"
said
the
Idiot;
"but
we
are
not
all
what
we
ought
to
be,
I
among
the
number.
Almost
anything
seems
possible
to
me
until
I
think
of
the
mother
at
home
all
day
with
a
dear,
sweet,
bright,
energetic
boy
like
Sammie.
Then,
I
confess,
I
am
utterly
at
a
loss
to
know
what
to
do."
And
then,
as
none
of
the
boarders
had
any
solution
of
the
problem
to
suggest,
I
presume
there
was
none
among
them
who
knew
"How
To
Be
Tranquil
Though
A
Mother."
Perhaps
when
women
take
up
invention
matters
will
seem
more
hopeful.
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