The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-08
THE DEMOLITION OF A BORE.
4 Scientific Harsngue which Settled His
Case.

4 Scientific Harangue Which settled His
Case.
was profoundly immersed in The
depths ofa half hours solitude, when
there was an indolent half-tap on the
door. instinctively recognized the ap-
proach of Borus, and my first impulse
was 10 swallow a hasty opiate, or order
on a mild electric current to keep me
awake. The next minute / had dis
missed these ideas as impracticable, adj
mitted Borus and gravely. conducted
him to seat Placing myself opposite
him, with my face half in shadow,
without preliminary remarks or intro
duction, ! said:
1T is strange but sufficiently dem
onstrated fact that there is no such
thing as color. What is commonly
called such is in fact not an inherent
quality, but proceeds from the effects
of certain light waves reflected from
various surfaces and textures"
A faint surprise, mingled with hope
less perplexity, rose to the surface of
the colorless countenance of Borus
You are of course prepared to ad-
nit" proceeded, that your complex
ion is OF no color in particular, and that
your boots. collar, and apparently Law
ender necktie, are all one with your
complexion in that respect"
Borus glanced convulsively at his
boots. threw back his head and clutched
feebly at his neck band.
II once read of a girl" went on.
''who was helplessly blind in the day
time-that is in the light of the suns
rays.-but who could see perfectly well
by an artificial light ! knew OF another
to whose vision all objects appeared to
be inverted, and by the way. it is gen.
orally concluded by scientists that this
is the true condition of things, and that
this one girl, Of all the earth's inhab-
itants, was alone blessed with true
sense of perception. So. though you
may appear to be standing with your
head toward the zenith and your feet in
the opposite direction, | do not for a mo-
ment allow myself to be deceived, but
by reflex act of the imagination see
you and other objects as you really are,
placed in a reverse position, in reality
right side up with your head down, in
stead of upside down with your head
up There is nothing" l cheerfully
continued, "like arriving at an exact
understanding of the true state of
things, and these attested facts lead me
to observe that they very clearly prove.
and what you may have perceived your
self Your are doubtless aware that
life is all supposition anyway. Our
profoundest thinkers tell us that there
is nothing material in the universe. The
table upon which you rest your hand,
for instance. exists only in the magma
ton. The chair upon which you are
seated is mere image upon the mental
plane, and your belief in its existence
sustains you The fact of the case is
that you have no corporate body, and
the form which appears TO be yours, re-
clining in what assumes TO be chair,
is mere fgment conjured up by my
own Imagination
have not seen Borus since that fatal
night, nor has anybody else to any
body's knowledge. When he fed from
my room like distracted ghos he
seemed TO disappear from the earth as
completely as if science had taken him
between her thumb and forefnger,
crumpled him together and blown him,
pinch of dust, into infinity.
Though it was unscientific that Romeo
should be cut up into little stars. it is
possible that Borus may reappear as
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