, 1869-12-12
TIC Co*mtc Exx. or the n lysslc Schoo
Of Philosophy

From fueknrds AoAtAI1,
SoF atd then one meets IN ircompafabty NJ
sn1u Geniu1 among thoae poot wafa Of nc Fourth
Ward Erngaes,es and Bucket SaopA. The most
saolJ-entesta1nfnK petBon OF tho klud that ever
headed old sagabond, Of indennite axe. Hls naos
Mas Oliver Nctar1 Cromwell. He Claimed 70 Be :
llnea! descendant OF the old Lord Protector Of
Of Great Britain we're waiting for him 10 resume
the sceptrt which v8s some time since Nrenched
from the hands Of his renowned ancestors tncon-
But G1azy Ctou,. Card not fos governmental
holnrs. In hli onu opinion be had won ! nion q
distinction thau governments could beHnN. de
clatUtd that tc Was the first man who ever Hrote
"tte Unknown With capital 3. "That" he
said, "opetcd the door Of literature Tor new are
70 cone 10 He eoon Afterwards wrote tho Fo-
b'EP, After that he became reckies1, quit The
unsrerstiy of Oxford, aod at.uck out On initial
cnpli.lA Without reCa!d y consequences. The
Philosophy. . founded On the III of esyine aapd.
tome thtnsf, seeminRly ~ cicar - crystal. but
xn,ea nobody on earth WAS aver Jet ssta 70 M
"Tnas schooi," said Crazy Crcm.. "of which I
claim 10 te The founder, could Eesef have N 1dc
%! ~ headwsI Tthout the Tree use q Initial capt
small I, 3ou make no Impression; but nheu you
ss,nc. viii awe. g i : win tae Pat-wisn
With little nvor the bad, with lttie I OF toe
GOOD, with littlo Or tie Truth, With little !!
bIt vhen you conc 70 wrne about the Past, Win
with big g; and ine ,T1uia. w,sh big r. yoa
evoke An Interest which writer's r11y couiure 10!
1e Jou, !, mases ii ii % lie difference between
Something and nothlcg-bctweer Somebody apd
nobody. Fancl Alexander, cexae, Waahlszton.
W,1ea 2 X aa sE,aI Msas,n whed
here. now tiss could Save fo9nde3 'u nv s senooi
3o1is sss9o1 9 ptnn ~, ~ = mad ioq :; hsT ~
Cosmlc Egg have been such ! success
=" fon never sAw that Fpem-I see II BY your
n. though me, With little n you might deceive,
We'll, Jo1 shall hear the Foem; and, what's more,
Jou shali - It; and hese Ii ia' Aad Crazj
tsom bis. breast pocket, and lad Il beIo:r ne
70 coah see tno " initial csp!tals,' - hs resd.
"lete Is the Poem" be repeated, and wkat
i ae GEM 4on a Wach 4 fhesophy :a pGs e.
C1szy Cron. then read his Poem, which We 1z+
hs'o;,: DeioS: s"h III its capital letters and eapsa
1nK cos4lc EGO.
4 Fosm ufth a 6iyP.
Ep1n the Rock Jet uncrra1e,
Amid Chaos tnch0ate.
An uncTeAfed uetpg ssse-
Beneath Him Noct.
Above Him Cloud.
All kna sra !ae e!HHS H1., ~ =! ness: s;a;:s
TIE Cloud began to take the Form,
A. though something would Be Hpru-
Form chaotic, vast and vague,
Which lss7ed IN The Co6mtr Ee+s
Then the Berg uncreate
Upon The Fog did IncubAte,
And thus becaEe the Incubator:
Act Of Ths E.f7 I'D A1cgate,
And Illus Lecame rue Alligator;
And the 1ucuhxtoY VIE Potent7te,
but the Alligator was Fotentator.
~ anticipate your objections 10 the Poem. -
fa:d Crom as be fo:de1l the paper Aud returned Il
70 hlh pocket ''Tou think an too has. on tn
human foce to !eare them no cao.cc except be
tween tne Alegat1ng Incubator and rho lncn
tHtinE Alligator; naE whni else could man O.
!bat2nt do what more, IN fact would ypu hare
him do: The result meets ali .ienands. II ID.
Productive be demanded tou take the lucuhatc,
and il lie Destructive be required, you take TIT
Alligator. And arc not all th.nxs included tn TIT
Productive mud Dt ztTucttre -
That. ~ wety deep. s'pose.. = .a;d tiger
kIow l., <hai becoued Of that exgf"
CIV Mf.s ,,s hscsme q snr Esf; s1e:a!med Csaz.
you must not ask What became Of The E7x: "a
syst u Of CostnogonJ could stAod sacA question
IS LhAl."