Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-10-16

as should come to one OF the greatest
benefactors Of the human race. VIII
you assist mey'
Would ~ Would any young man
with dreams Of future happiness let
slip a chance for wealth and honor,
though the way seemed hard? I said:
Il trust you as you have trusted me.
and ! am very much at your service"
Come" he said. And again I fol-
. lowed obediently.
room. where sat at a table twenty men
with the most vacant expression OF
countenance | ever saw on the faces
OF human beings. With q start I rec
Ognlzed one, a former neighbor OF
mine. harmless lunatic. whose mys-
terious disappearance had been a nine
days wonder in the village. The doc
tor said:
You see before you what no other
sane man has seen, the result OF the
labor and investigation OF a lifetime.
My discovery is simply this-that as In
composite photograph the features OF
many people are blended In one, so IL
is possible 10 combine In one the brain
power of twenty with magnificent re-
suits.
Look! These were and are all help
less lunatics, yet each had his strong
point, which by electrical excitement
of the corresponding portion of the
brain has in the course of years been
enormously developed. BY placing all
these in electrical connection and I'M
der hypnotic influence the most ex-
traordinary results have been OBJ
tanned"
As he spoke he placed pencil in the
hand of one and rapidly connected
wire TO different spot on the head Of
each.
''See," he said. any machine is
thinking now" And indeed every face
fairly glowed with intelligence. The
transformation was wonderful.
Give it the most difficult problem
you have mes with in mathematics"
said the doctor. did so. 1t was solved
instantly.
Give 1t the plot of story" | obey.
ed, and as fast as the hand could write |
the story was written In excellent Eng
lish and beautiful chirography. A love |
letter. poem, an grafton, sermon,
an essay, followed in quick succession, |
each almost perfect of its kind. Here,
then, was the secret of the doctors
fame as an author and a mathemati-
clan. But when asked to tell how to
remedy defect in a we'll known ma
chine the pencil stopped.
You have found the weak point"
said the doctor. .'These men are not of
sound mind; therefore not one is an
original thinker. In lines of thought
worked out the machine is in
comparable. But the world needs new
thought, invention. Think of the thou.
sands of dollars lost daily by the waste
full use of steam and the inability of
the ordinary human mind to find a
remedy! Think Of the urgent need for
invention in the automobile, the flying
machine, the solar engine. the typeset-
ting machine, tile wireless telegraph
and in numerous electrical appliances!
Think of the political problems, the
social problems, the religious problems
which have worried the minds of men
Tor ages, causing more than one bloody
war! They would here find quick and
Easy solution.
Il know your record in college. |
Know you are noted for originality. |
know your speciality Is mechanics. For
he benefit of humanity, for the ad-
of the human race, l ask
you to give up your individuality, to
multiply your power twentyfold by be-
oming part of this machine"
Is it any wonder that hesitated at
lrst! l realized at once that greater
opportunity for usefulness had never
'een offered to mortal man. Yet the
acrlfice was as great as the opportuni-
y. All dreams of love, of wealth, of {
ersonal glory, must be given up for {
yer, for my very existence would be
Merged and lost in this most extraordi. {
AIRY combination.
wait" said the doctor. LET my i
lachine plead its own cause" t
Then ensued the most wonderful rev. T
lation Of all. The writer laid down his 1
encil, and the spokesman of the COM L
any began to talk. And his words G
moved that this phenomenon, this I
combination, this thinking of
Venty souls with but single thought, !.
as more enthusiastically devoted to 8
+. Easton than any of his other pa. b
ents. 1t showed that in the exercise f.
their combined power Of thought tt
lch one took as keen pleasure as If s.
lie effort were all his own. The doctor a
I'd not only brought back to their b
lrkened minds the light of reason, b
1T had increased its power twenty. 1t
Id. and, individually and collectively, t.
nv all gloried and rejoiced in it. Tho h