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Show llio Crrtflk lu lllatury. Columbus was deemed a crank by the pcoplo of his tlmo. Bo wero Galileo, Jonner, Stephenson nnd Fulton. Hardly Hard-ly n discoverer or nn Inventor, an ox-plorer ox-plorer or a philosopher who has mad his mnrk In tho history of tho world but was dubbed "crank" beforo ht merits wero recognized, l'ooplo who proposo impossible) things are "cranks;" after thoy have done tho Imposslblo things they nro geniuses. If It had not been for "cranks" tho human hu-man race today would bo living In caves, wearing tho skins of beasts for clothing and eating raw meat for dinner. din-ner. Tho "crnnk" is the ndvanco BBont of civilization. Chicago Chronlcla. |