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The Inventions of the Idiot
·
John Kendrick Bangs
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Dreamaline
"Well,
Mr.
Idiot,"
said
Mr.
Pedagog,
as
the
guests
gathered
about
the
table,
"how
goes
the
noble
art
of
invention
with
you?
You've
been
at
it
for
some
time
now.
Do
you
find
that
you
have
succeeded
in
your
self-imposed
mission
and
made
the
condition
of
the
civilized
less
unbearable?"
"Frankly,
Mr.
Pedagog,
I
have
failed,"
said
the
Idiot,
sadly.
"Failed
egregiously.
I
cannot
find
that
of
all
the
many
schemes
I
have
evolved
for
the
benefit
of
the
human
race
any
single
one
has
been
adopted
by
those
who
would
be
benefited.
Wherefore,
with
the
exception
of
Dreamaline,
which
I
have
not
yet
developed
to
my
satisfaction,
I
shall
do
no
more
inventing.
What
is
the
use?
Even
you,
gentlemen,
here
have
tacitly
declined
to
accept
my
plan
for
the
elimination
of
irritation
on
Waffle
Days,
a
plan
at
once
simple,
picturesque,
and
efficacious.
With
such
discouragement
at
home,
what
hope
have
I
for
better
fortune
abroad?"
"It
is
dreadful
to
be
an
unappreciated
genius!"
said
the
Bibliomaniac,
gruffly.
"It's
better
to
be
a
plain
lunatic.
A
plain
lunatic
is
at
least
free
from
the
consciousness
of
failure."
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