Show senile conceit james hammond of new york the noted typewriter inventor was de scribing a conceited man he is as conceited mr hammond said as an old fellow who lived in germany while I 1 was a student at the university of halle this old fellow sat one night in conversation with a group of men and the talk turned to greatness numerous instances were men in proof of the fact that the great die young finally it was agreed that there was more truth in this claim than there Is in most brov erbs yes said the leading spirit of the party it ought to be a proverb for it is true the great die young there Is no doubt of it the great alas die young the old man who had sat silent and impatient for a long time now spoke up if I 1 m not dead already Is it my faulta he said |