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Show SANE OB INSANE? " , . "Is there any sure test by which to tell the sane from the Inoane?" Inquired a . s student of 'the famous French alienist Es- uzMloi-' - . . ! " Please dine with me- tomorrow at' t o'clock." was the answer of the savant. The etudent complied. Two other guests ' were present, one. of whom was elegantly drssed nd apparently highly educated, wl lie the other was .rather uncouth, nelsy and extremely conceited. After dinner ' the pupil rose to take leave, and as he " Fhook hhds- with Ms teacher he re-" re-" marked: - - ; "The problem Is very simple, after all; the quiet, well-dressed gentleman is certainly cer-tainly distinguished in some line, but the thfr g as certainly a lunatic and ought at once te be iocked up." " ' --' "You are wrong, my-friend, replied - , -Esquirol with a smile. "The quiet well-.dressed well-.dressed "man who talks so rationally has for years labored under the delusion fhat he J God. the-Father: whereas the other . , man, whose exuberance and self-conceit ' have surprised you. Is M. Honore de Balzac", Bal-zac", the greatest French writer of the ' day." Leslie's Magazine. |