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He sighed and wept. He was upset. Raising his hands and his eyes, he banged his head with his fist, hard enough to break his forehead or his fingers, and he added, "It seems to me that there could be something in there, but no matter how hard I knock or shake it, nothing emerges." HE SIGHED AND WEPT HE WAS UPSET RAISING HIS HANDS IN HIS EYES HE BANGED HIS HEAD WITH HIS FIST HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK HIS FOREHEAD OR HIS FINGERS AND HE ADDED IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN THERE BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD I KNOCK OR SHAKE IT NOTHING EMERGES
ade the proverb which says "A fool's money is the inheritance of a man with brains" I'd have invented it. I felt that nature had put what was legitimately mine into the safe keeping of these idols, so I devised thousands of ways of getting it back for myself. ME: I know these methods. You've told me about them, and I admired them a lot. But with such resources, why haven't you attempted creating a fine work of art? HIM: That's what a man of the world said to Abbé Le Blanc....The abbé replied, "The Marquise of Pompadour takes me by the hand, leads me right to the threshold of the Academy, and there she removes her hand. I fall down and break both my legs." The man of the world answered him, "All right, abbé, you must get up and bash in the door with your head." The abbé replied, "That what I tried to do, and do you know what happened to me? I got a bump on my forehead." After this little story, my man began to move around with his head held down and a pensive and demoralized expression.  SECTION EIGHT OF RAMEAU'S NEPHEW THIS IS A LIBRY BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERY BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERRY BOX DOT ORG RAMEAU'S NEPHEW BY DENI DITERO TRANSLATED BY E E N C JOHNSTON SECTION EIGHT ME I KNOW THESE METHODS YOU'VE TOLD ME ABOUT THEM AND I ADMIRED THEM A LOT BUT WITH SUCH RESOURCES WHY HAVEN'T YOU ATTEMPTED CREATING A FINE WORK OF ART HIM THAT'S WHAT A MAN OF THE WORLD SAID TO ABBE H BLANC THE ABBE REPLIED THE MARQUISE OF POMPADOUR TAKES ME BY THE HAND LEADS ME RIGHT TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE ACADEMY AND THERE SHE REMOVES HER HAND I FALL DOWN AND BREAK BOTH MY LEGS THE MAN OF THE WORLD ANSWERED HIM ALL RIGHT ABBE YOU MUST GET UP AND BASH IN THE DOOR WITH YOUR HEAD THE ABBE REPLIED THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME I GOT A BUMP ON MY FOREHEAD AFTER THIS LITTLE STORY MY MAN BEGAN TO MOVE AROUND WITH HIS HEAD HELD DOWN IN A PENSIVE AND DEMORALIZED EXPRESSION
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