Show THE 07 mark twain bould not bite afa a moro fitting occasion for the public acknowledgment of an literary chett than the aront gathering in bolon in honored other wen dell ziethen ewt A that he had appropriated dedication to erflg in many key and it erne for tho dedication to abroad he explain the plagiary pla giar m by baying that ho aa laid op for couple of beelie in the sandwich It land where ho read and holmead until hia mind wae with them athon hia new book atte mark tays this dedication lay on top in mental reservoir and bandy and unconsciously stola it the two dedications aro almost the game word for word and there is no reason to doubt tho truth of mr demons statement lie long since wrote to doctor apologizing for the dechand dec dand was readily forgive ly tho autocrat so mark ie ac quitted of literary piracy in con eide ration of hie unwitting compliment to the genius oi doctor H almes in tho lattora latt cra reply to mr demons prompt apology he ed great truth which it will profit writers who rack choir brain for original idone to accept in bis loiter to mr cleene Clem ne that I bellevo that vre all unconsciously work over gathered in reading and hearing imagining they are original with ourselves there could be no greater incentive to diligent reading and attentive tion than the full comprehension of tah axiom ideas are in their nature an without a good stock of other people thoughts it ia impossible to originate an a worth preserving some men have poueu al powen of invention but they are always accompanied by habits and the diligent cultivation ef the perceptive nd receptive faculties edison ia probably the greatest living example of an imaginative agi native ceniu but bis fundamental knowledge wa acquired from books when a boy and hie great inventions aro the result of thie coupled with dye and nighta of almoas cease thought and experiment he first worked over the ideas of bis and now enough of bia own to keep him buey while be lavoe and leave a legacy of crude ideas and unfinished inventions to the world which will make hie future tarns great is hia present celebrity abera ia a lesson in bis example further illustrated by alio words of doctor which it will benefit everyone desir cue of honor to tako to heart |