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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"You
wouldn't
make
much
money
out
of
it,
though,"
said
the
Poet.
"If
one
bottle
sufficed
for
a
library
you
wouldn't
find
much
of
a
demand."
"That
could
be
got
around
in
two
ways,"
said
the
Idiot.
"We
could
copyright
every
bottle
of
Dreamaline
and
require
the
consumers
to
pay
us
a
royalty
on
every
book
inspired
by
it,
or
we
could
ourselves
take
what
I
would
call
Financial
Dreamaline,
one
dose
of
which
would
make
a
man
feel
like
a
millionaire.
Life
is
only
feeling
after
all.
If
you
feel
like
a
millionaire
you
are
as
happy
as
a
millionaire--happier,
in
fact,
because
in
reality
you
do
not
have
to
wear
your
thumbs
out
cutting
coupons
on
the
first
of
every
month.
Then
I
should
have
Art
Dreamaline.
You
could
have
it
arranged
so
that
by
a
certain
dose
you
could
have
old
masters
all
over
your
house;
by
another
dose
you
could
get
a
collection
of
modern
French
paintings,
and
by
swallowing
a
whole
bottle
you
could
dream
that
your
walls
were
lined
with
mysteries
that
would
drive
the
Impressionists
crazy
with
envy.
In
Scientific
Dreamaline
you
would
get
ideas
for
invention
that
would
revolutionize
the
world."
"How
about
the
poets
and
the
humorists?"
asked
the
Poet.
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