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I found it in Massachusetts, and I am sorry I did because that is the state I came from. This young man in Massachusetts furnishes just another phase of my thought. I FOUND IT IN MASSACHUSETTS AND I AM SORRY I DID BECAUSE THAT IS THE STATE I COME FROM THIS YOUNG MAN IN MASSACHUSETTS FURNISHED JUST JUST ANOTHER PHASE OF MY THOUGHT
hes. The purpose of that plank at that sharp angle across the brook was to throw over to the other bank a dreadful-looking scum through which the cattle would not put their noses. But with that plank there to throw it all over to one side, the cattle would drink below, and thus that man who had gone to Canada had been himself damming back for twenty-three years a flood of coal-oil which the state geologists of Pennsylvania declared to us ten years later was even then worth a hundred millions of dollars to our state, and four years ago our geologist declared the discovery to be worth to our state a thousand millions of dollars. The man who owned that territory on which the city of Titusville now stands, and those Pleasantville valleys, had studied the subject from the second day of God’s creation clear down to the present time. He studied it until he knew all about it, and yet he is said to have sold the whole of it for $833, and again I say, “no sense.” But I need another illustration. RPOSE OF THE PLANK AT THAT SHARP ANGLE ACROSS THE BROOK WAS TO THROW OVER TO THE OTHER BANK A DREADFUL LOOKING SCUM THROUGH WHICH THE CATTLE WOULD NOT PUT THEIR NOSES BUT WITH THAT PLANK THERE TO THROW IT ALL OVER TO ONE SIDE THE CATTLE WOULD DRINK BELOW AND THUS THE MAN WHO HAD GONE TO CANADA HAD HIMSELF BEEN DAMMING BACK FOR TWENTY THREE YEARS A FLOOD OF COAL OIL WHICH THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF PENNSYLVANIA DECLARED TO US TEN YEARS LATER WAS EVEN THEN WORTH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR STATE AND FOUR YEARS AGO OUR GEOLOGIST DECLARED THE DISCOVERY TO BE WORTH TO OUR STATE A THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS THE MAN WHO OWNED THAT TERRITORY ON WHICH THE CITY OF TITUSBILL NOW STANDS AND THOSE PLEASANTVIL VALLEYS HAD STUDIED THE SUBJECT FROM THE SECOND DAY OF GOD'S CREATION CLEAR DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME HE STUDIED IT UNTIL HE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT AND YET HE IS SAID TO HAVE SOLD THE WHOLE OF IT FOR EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE DOLLARS AGAIN AND AGAIN I SAY NO SENSE BUT I NEED ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION
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