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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。
Nobler th