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There we have carried the investigation of truth to such an extreme that nowadays very few of us dare believe anything. THERE WE HAVE CARRIED THE INVESTIGATION OF TRUTH TO SUCH AN EXTREME THAT NOWADAYS VERY FEW OF US DARE BELIEVE ANYTHING
kespeare for his purpose. 'Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day' agrees ill with 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof'; and it is somewhat difficult to reconcile 'Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves' with the equally familiar 'Penny-wise, pound-foolish.' Yet the sayings are equally untrue; any maxim is, perforce, a general statement, and therefore fallacious, and therefore universally accepted. Art is long, and life is short, but the platitudes concerning them are both insufferable and eternal. We must remember that a general statement is merely a snap-shot at flying truth, an instantaneous photograph of a moving body. It may be the way that a thing is; but it is never the way in which any one ever saw that thing, or ever will. This is, of course, a general statement. "As to present events, then, it may be assumed that no one is either capable or desirous of speaking the truth; why, then, make such a pother about it as to the past? QUOTATIONS BUT EVEN THE DEVIL CAN CITE SHAKESPEARE FOR HIS PURPOSE NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO DAY AGREES ILL WITH SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF AND IT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WITH THE EQUALLY FAMILIAR PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH YET THE SAYINGS ARE EQUALLY UNTRUE ANY MAXIM IS PERFORCE A GENERAL STATEMENT AND THEREFORE FALLACIOUS AND THEREFORE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED ART IS LONG AND LIFE IS SHORT BUT THE PLATITUDES CONCERNING THEM ARE BOTH INSUFFERABLE AND ETERNAL WE MUST REMEMBER THAT A GENERAL STATEMENT IS MERELY A SNAP SHOT AT FLYING TRUTH AN INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF A MOVING BODY IT MAY BE THE WAY THAT A THING IS BUT IS NEVER THE WAY IN WHICH ANY ONE EVER SAW THAT THING OR EVER WILL THIS IS OF COURSE A GENERAL STATEMENT AS TO PRESENT EVENTS THEN IT MAY BE ASSUMED THAT NO ONE IS EITHER CAPABLE OR DESIROUS OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH WHY THEN MAKE SUCH A POTHER ABOUT IT AS TO THE PAST
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