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once happy home。           Enamel paint has a cold�察�glassy�察�cynical appearance。 

Its presence everywhere about the place will begin to irritate the old man 

in the course of a week or so。            He will call it�察 �This damn'd sticky stuff� ─�

and   will   tell   the   wife   that   he   wonders   she   didn't   paint   herself   and   the 

children with it while she was about it。 She will reply�察�in an exasperatingly 

quiet tone of voice�察�that she does like that。             Perhaps he will say next�察�that 

she did not warn him against it�察�and tell him what an idiot he was making 

of himself�察�spoiling the whole house with his foolish fads。                   Each one will 

persist that it was the other one who first suggested the absurdity�察�and they 

will sit up in bed and quarrel about it every night for a month。 

     The   children   having   acquired   a   taste   for   smudging   the   concoction 

about�察�and there being nothing else left untouched in the house�察�will try to 

enamel   the   cat�察  �and   then   there   will   be   bloodshed�察  �and   broken   windows�察�

and spoiled infants�察�and sorrows and yells。                 The smell of the paint will 

make everybody ill�察  �and the   servants will give notice。 Tradesmen's boys 

will lean up against places that are not dry and get their clothes enameled 

and claim compensation。             And the baby will suck the paint off its cradle 

and have fits。 



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     But   the   person   that   will   suffer   most   will�察  �of   course�察  �be   the   eldest 

daughter's      young    man。     The    eldest   daughter's     young    man    is  always 

unfortunate。      He means well�察�and he tries hard。            His great ambition is to 

make   the   family   love   him。     But   fate   is   ever   against   him�察  �and   he   only 

succeeds   in   gaining   their   undisguised   contempt。        The   fact   of   his   being 

;gone; on their Emily is�察�of itself�察�naturally sufficient to stamp him as an 

imbecile in the eyes of Emily's brothers and sisters。 The father finds him 

slow�察 �and thinks   the girl   might   have   done better�察  �while   the   best   that   his 

future mother´in´law ��his sole supporter�� can say for him is�察�that he seems 

steady。 

     There  is   only  one   thing  that   prompts   the   family  to   tolerate  him�察  �and 

that is the reflection that he is going to take Emily away from them。 

     On that understanding they put up with him。 

     The eldest daughter's young man�察�in this particular case�察�will�察�you may 

depend upon it�察�choose that exact moment when the baby's life is hovering 

in the balance�察�and the cook is waiting for her wages with her box in the 

hall�察�and a coal´heaver is at the front door with a policeman�察�making a row 

about the damage to his trousers�察�to come in�察�smiling�察�with a specimen pot 

of some new high art�察�squashed´tomato´shade enamel paint�察�and suggest 

that they should try it on the old man's pipe。            Then Emily will go off into 

hysterics�察�and Emily's male progenitor will firmly but quietly lead that ill´ 

starred yet true´hearted young man to the public side of the garden´gate�察�

and the engagement will be ;off。; 

     Too   much   of   anything   is   a   mistake�察  �as   the   man   said   when   his   wife 

presented   him   with   four   new   healthy   children   in   one   day。     We   should 

practice moderation in all matters。           A little enamel paint would have been 

good。     They might have enameled the house inside and out�察�and have left 

the furniture alone。       Or they might have colored the furniture�察�and let the 

house be。      But an entirely and completely enameled homea home�察�such 

as   enamel´paint   manufacturers   love   to   picture   on   their   advertisements�察�

over which the yearning eye wanders in vain�察�seeking one single   square 

inch of un´enameled matteris�察�I am convinced�察�a mistake。                    It may be a 

home that�察�as the testimonials assure us�察�will easily wash。                  It may be an 

;artistic;    home�察   �but   the   average    man    is  not   yet  educated     up   to  the 



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appreciation   of   it。   The   average   man   does   not   care   for   high   art。 At   a 

certain point�察�the average man gets sick of high art。 

     So�察�in these coming Utopias�察�in which out unhappy grandchildren will 

have     to  drag   out   their  colorless    existence�察   �there   will  be   too   much 

electricity。    They will grow to loathe electricity。 

     Electricity is going to light them�察�warm them�察�carry them�察�doctor them�察�

cook for them�察�execute them�察�if necessary。             They are going to be weaned 

on electricity�察�rocked in their cradles by electricity�察�slapped by electricity�察�

ruled and regulated and guided by electricity�察�buried by electricity。               I may 

be wrong�察�but I rather think they are going to be hatched by electricity。 

     In the new world of our progressionist teachers�察�it is electricity that is 

the   real   motive´power。      The     men    and   women     are   only   marionettes 

worked by electricity。 

     But it was not to speak of the electricity in them�察�but of the originality 

in them�察�that I referred to these works of fiction。            There is no originality 

in them whatever。        Human thought is incapable of originality。              No man 

ever yet imagined a new thingonly some variation or extension of an old 

thing。 

     The   sailor�察  �when   he   was   asked   what   he   would   do   with   a   fortune�察�

promptly replied�此�

     ;Buy all the rum and 'baccy there is in the world。; 

     ;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。         A
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