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"You appear to be astonished," he said, smiling at my expression of surprise. "Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it." "To forget it!" "You see," he explained, "I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. YOU APPEAR TO BE ASTONISHED HE SAID SMILING AT MY EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE NOW THAT I DO KNOW IT I SHALL DO MY BEST TO FORGET IT TO FORGET IT YOU SEE HE EXPLAINED I CONSIDER THAT A MAN'S BRAIN ORIGINALLY IS LIKE A LITTLE EMPTY ATTIC AND YOU HAVE TO STOCK IT WITH SUCH FURNITURE AS YOU CHOOSE
and within eccentric limits his knowledge was so extraordinarily ample and minute that his observations have fairly astounded me. Surely no man would work so hard or attain such precise information unless he had some definite end in view. Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so. His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it. S REMARKABLE AND WITHIN ECCENTRIC LIMITS HIS KNOWLEDGE WAS SO EXTRAORDINARILY AMPLE AND MINUTE THAT HIS OBSERVATIONS HAVE FAIRLY ASTOUNDED ME SURELY NO MAN WOULD WORK SO HARD OR ATTAIN SUCH PRECISE INFORMATION UNLESS HE HAD SOME DEFINITE END IN VIEW DESULTORY READERS ARE SELDOM REMARKABLE FOR THE EXACTNESS OF THEIR LEARNING NO MAN BURDENS HIS MIND WITH SMALL MATTERS UNLESS HE HAS SOME VERY GOOD REASON FOR DOING SO HIS IGNORANCE WAS AS REMARKABLE AS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS HE APPEARED TO KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING UPON MY QUOTING THOMAS CARLYLE HE INQUIRED IN THE NAIVEST WAY WHO HE MIGHT BE AND WHAT HE HAD DONE MY SURPRISE REACHED A CLIMAX HOWEVER WHEN I FOUND INCIDENTALLY THAT HE WAS IGNORANT OF THE COPERNICAN THEORY AND OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT ANY CIVILIZED HUMAN BEING IN THIS NINETEENTH CENTURY SHOULD NOT BE AWARE THAT THE EARTH TRAVELLED ROUND THE SUN APPEARED TO BE TO ME SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY FACT THAT I COULD HARDLY REALIZE IT
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