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Show ' THE FIRST IDEALIST. i A jellyfish swam in a tropical sea. And Le said: "This world it consists of me. There's nothing above and nothing below " That a jellyfish ever can possibly know XSince we've got no sight or hearing or small) Beyond what our single sense can tell. Now, all that I learn from the sense of touch Is the fact of my feelintis viewed as such. But to think they have any external cause Is an inference clean against logical laws. Aeain to suppose, as I've hitherto done, There are other jellyfish under the sun Is a pure assumption that can't be backed By a jot of proof or a sincle fact. In Bhort, like Hume, I very much doubt If there's anything else at all without. So I come atlast to the plain conclusion. When the subject is fairly set free from confusion. con-fusion. That the universe simply centers in me. And if I were not then nothing would be." That minute a shark, who was strollins by. Just gulred him down in the twink of an eye, And he died with a few convulsive twists. But somehow the universe still exists. Boston Globe. |