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Show - - - - - ' \ FOIBLES OP OF THE . JGREAT .GREAT GREAT LREAT . Nothing Nothmg is quite quilte so mysterious as ithe the working workmg of the human mind humanmind . A study of men classedas classed as geniuses generally shows show.s . them themto to be a little httle "cracked cracked " " in 'In 1n ' certain respects . . Sometimes their peculianties peculiarities theirpeculiarities theirpeculianties have been harmless , in m other cases they have led to posItive topositive insanity msamty . A few examples WlllIlIustrate will illustrate : Napoleon was afraid ofa of a cat ; ; Peter the Great was afraid to cross tocross a bridge ; \ Martin l\fartin l fartin Luther imagined imagmed the devil appeared to him and himand he threw his ink mk bottle at the fiend ; Samuel Sanruel Johnson Beet Beet- Beethoven , - hoven and Lincoln at times contemplated suicide . mentionedthe Amongrthe Among ( 'the the rthe ' ridiculous antics of great men may be the occasional habit of Cardinal Richelieu ' to 10 'to gallop billiard bllHard around a bll- bll bil- bil bil - liard Hard thegreat table imagining imagmmg himself to be a horse . Adam Smith , , the great economist , once walked 12 miles to church , clad only in his hisnightshirt hisl11ghtshwt l11ghtshwt nightshirt . Bentham the winterand , philosopher , went bareheaded in winter and wore heavy . leather gloves in III summer . Many men of genius have - - - been i--- i i11 - - - -1--1 1 - - - i i shockmgly shockingly lax 'In In 7n ' morals ards standards . as measured by usual stand- stand - All AU this does not mean , however , that being little a nutty is.Jan is isan . .Jan Jan an infallable sign of genius gemus , . Politicians Pobticians sometimes bury the hatchet , but they leave the thehandle . 1andle handle ] sticking stIckmg out full length . I Applause in churchs church ) is s inappropriate mappropriatc , but ' approva approval theirapproval ] < ( ? of f the to sermon by nodding , . 1 I \ many indicate 'indicate their .l1 l1 . lt t : * _ I , i ' . I . In Alabama a lecture onVhat on "What What \Vhat Vhat " \ to Eat " was postponed be- be be - because cause the lecturer Jecturer 'ecturer ecturer ' had an attack of indigestion , . i 1 ti * } . . < \ . _ I----- I - - - - - - = - 3 t I ' : ' . ; ' ' Perhaps t1i the alleged tlle ed wildnesB Wlldrtes tvildriesh of th the younger you younger ger generation is due isdue to associatiortvith associatiof'With associatiofWith association associatiort " \ ' with \vith vith the old older r generation . . , ' " A .A . . Chicago lady cook quit because the man of the house spoke to spoketo her rudely over the phone , thinking he was talking to tohis his wife . theclass When girls of a Nebraska high school complained that the class rooms were chilly , the principal made the ridiculous sugges ugges- ugges sugges- - tion suggestion uggestIon that they wear wearjnore more clothes . |