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     ;And what after that�拭─�they asked him。 

     ;Eh�拭─�

     ;What would you buy after thatafter you had bought up all the rum 

and tobacco there was in the worldwhat would you buy then�拭─�

     ;After that�拭�Oh� �'um� ─。�a long pause��。           ;Oh� ─。�with inspiration�� ;why�察�

more 'baccy� ─�

     Rum and tobacco he knew something of�察�and could therefore imagine 

about。     He    did   not  know    any   other   luxuries�察  �therefore    he   could   not 

conceive of any others。 

     So if you ask one of these Utopian´dreaming gentry what�察�after they 

had secured   for   their   world   all   the electricity  there   was in   the   Universe�察�

and after every mortal thing in their ideal Paradise�察�was done and said and 

thought by electricity�察�they could imagine as further necessary to human 



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happiness�察 �they  would   probably   muse   for   awhile�察  �and   then   reply�察   �More 

electricity。; 

     They know electricity。          They have seen the electric light�察�and heard of 

electric boats and omnibuses。             They have possibly had an electric shock 

at a railway station for a penny。 

     Therefore�察�knowing that electricity does three things�察�they can go on 

and   ;imagine;   electricity  doing   three  hundred   things�察 �and   the  very  great 

ones among them can imagine it doing three thousand things�察�but for them�察�

or   anybody   else�察  �to   imagine   a   new   force�察  �totally   unconnected   with   and 

different from anything yet known in nature�察�would be utterly impossible。 

     Human   thought   is   not   a   firework�察  �ever   shooting   off   fresh   forms   and 

shapes as it burns�察�it is a tree�察�growing very slowlyyou can watch it long 

and   see   no   movementvery   silently�察  �unnoticed。           It   was   planted   in   the 

world many thousand years ago�察�a tiny�察�sickly plant。                  And men guarded it 

and tended it�察�and gave up life and fame to aid its growth。 In the hot days 

of their youth�察�they came to the gate of the garden and knocked�察�begging 

to   be   let   in�察  �and   to   be   counted   among   the   gardeners。  And   their   young 

companions without called to them to come back�察�and play the man with 

bow and spear�察�and   win sweet   smiles from  rosy lips�察 �and take their part 

amid   the  feast�察 �and   dance�察 �not stoop   with   wrinkled   brows�察 �at   weaklings' 

work。      And   the   passers   by   mocked   them   and   called   shame�察  �and   others 

cried out to stone them。          And still they stayed there laboring�察�that the tree 

might grow a little�察�and they died and were forgotten。 

     And the tree grew fair and strong。               The storms of ignorance passed 

over it�察�and harmed it not。          The fierce fires of superstition soared around 

it�察�but men leaped into the flames and beat them back�察�perishing�察�and the 

tree   grew。     With   the   sweat   of   their   brow  have   men   nourished   its   green 

leaves。     Their tears have moistened the earth about it。                 With their blood 

they have watered its roots。 

     The     seasons    have    come    and    passed�察   �and   the   tree  has   grown     and 

flourished。      And   its   branches   have   spread   far   and   high�察  �and   ever   fresh 

shoots are bursting forth�察�and ever new leaves unfolding to the light。 But 

they   are   all   part   of   the   one   treethe   tree   that   was   planted   on   the   first 

birthday of the human race。             The stem that bears them springs from the 



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gnarled old trunk that was green and soft when white´haired Time was a 

little child�察�the sap that feeds them is drawn up through the roots that twine 

and twist about the bones of the ages that are dead。 

     The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree 

can bear an original fruit。         As well might one cry for an original note in 

music as expect an original idea from a human brain。 

     One wishes our friends�察�the critics�察�would grasp this simple truth�察�and 

leave off clamoring for the impossible�察�and being shocked because they do 

not get it。    When a new book is written�察�the high´class critic opens it with 

feelings     of   faint   hope�察   �tempered      by   strong    conviction      of   coming 

disappointment。        As    he   pores   over   the   pages�察  �his  brow    darkens    with 

virtuous indignation�察�and his lip curls with the Godlike contempt that the 

exceptionally great critic ever feels for everybody in this world�察�who is not 

yet dead。      Buoyed up by a touching�察�but totally fallacious�察�belief that he 

is performing a public duty�察�and that the rest of the community is waiting 

in breathless suspense to learn his opinion of the work in question�察�before 

forming any judgment concerning it themselves�察�he�察�nevertheless�察�wearily 

struggles through about a third of it。          Then his long´suffering soul revolts�察�

and he flings it aside with a cry of despair。 

     ;Why�察�there is no originality whatever in this�察─�he says。              ;This book is 

taken bodily from the Old Testament。              It is the story of Adam and Eve all 

over again。      The hero is a mere man� �with two arms�察�two legs�察�and a head 

��so   called��。    Why�察 �it   is   only  Moses's Adam  under   another name�             �And 

the heroine is nothing but a woman� �and she is described as beautiful�察�and 

as   having   long   hair。   The   author   may   call   her   'Angelina��'   or   any   other 

name he chooses�察�but he has evidently�察�whether he acknowledges it or not�察�

copied   her   direct   from   Eve。     The   characters   are   barefaced   plagiarisms 

from the book of Genesis�           �Oh� �to find an author with originality� ─�

     One  spring   I   went   a   walking   tour  in   the   country。  It   was   a   glorious 

spring。     Not   the   sort   of   spring   they   give   us   in   these   miserable   times�察�

under this shameless governmenta mixture of east wind�察�blizzard�察�snow�察�

rain�察  �slush�察  �fog�察  �frost�察  �hail�察  �sleet   and   thunder´stormsbut   a   sunny�察  �blue´ 

sky'd�察�joyous spring�察�such as we used to have regularly every year when I 

was a young man�察�and things were different。 



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     It was an exceptionally beautiful spring�察�even for those golden days�察�

and as I wandered through the waking land�察�and saw the dawning of the 

coming green�察�and watched the blush upon the hawthorn hedge�察�deepening 

each   day   beneath   the   kisses   of   the   sun�察  �and   looked   up   at   the   proud   old 

mother trees�察�dandling their myriad baby buds upon their strong fond arms�察�

holding them high for the soft west wind to caress as he passed laughing 

by�察�and marked the primrose yellow creep across the carpet of the woods�察�

and saw the new flush of the field and saw the new light on the hills�察�and 

heard the new´found gladness of the birds�察�and heard from copse and farm 

and meadow the timid callings of the little new´born things�察�wondering to 

find   themselves   alive�察  �and   smelt   the   freshness   of   the   earth�察  �and   felt   the 

promise in the air�察�and felt a strong hand in the wind�察�my spirit rose within 

me。     Spring had come to me also�察�and stirred me with a strange new life�察�

with   a   strange   new   hope   I�察  �too�察  �was   part   of   nature�察  �and   it   was   spring� �

Tender     leaves    and   blossoms     were    unfolding     from    my   heart。    Bright 

flowers   of   love   and   gratitude   were   opening   round   its   roots。   I   felt   new 

strength   in   all   my   limbs。   New   blood   was   pulsing   through   my   veins。 

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