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Opinions are difficult to secure when a quarter of an hour in the library will prove either side of any question. Formerly, people had a few opinions, which, if erroneous, were at least universal. Nero was not considered an immaculate man. OPINIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO SECURE WHEN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR IN THE LIBRARY WILL PROVE EITHER SIDE OF ANY QUESTION FORMERLY PEOPLE HAD A FEW OPINIONS WHICH IF ERRONEOUS WERE AT LEAST UNIVERSAL NERO WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN IMMACULATE MAN
 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? There we have carried the investigation of truth to such an extreme that nowadays very few of us dare believe anything. GREES 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 THERE WE HAVE CARRIED THE INVESTIGATION OF TRUTH TO SUCH AN EXTREME THAT NOWADAYS VERY FEW OF US DARE BELIEVE ANYTHING
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