Lessons in Search of Greatness
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Excerpt from Lessons in Search of Greatness: Or Stepping Down the Ladder Scene I. Lawn of Simon Pure, Esq. Prof. Phrenology examines his head, and he is cutting Wm. Stover´s hair. Simon Pure, Esq. - My father wants me to become a farmer; yes, I am to drive these "cussed" oxen, and work in that stone quarry after I have hauled all the stones to the lime-kiln! Oh! I am blasted mad! I could bite a log chain in two! [Looks raving mad.] Father imposes all the dirty work upon me, and when I hurry all week to get everything finished by Saturday noon, so I can prepare for a little courting fun at old Steinmetz´s; he - my ignorant father - says: Simon you are a good boy to have hurried with the work, now go to bed early to-night, because you must be tired! Then, you ought to see my insides kicking and rumbling with aggravated rage! Yes, I get so fiery indignant that I could kill everything before me! [Raves.] Damnation! Accursed be the dirty farm work! I´ll search for greatness, if I rot in the attempt! [Cools down.] Well, well, I must do something that will make me great! [Enter Prof. Phrenology.] Halloo! there´s a fine looking man, I wonder what he does for a living! [To him.] Say, Mr. Man, what are you doing for a living, you have such smooth hands and soft head? Prof. Phrenology. - [Aside.] Curse the little whipper-snapper. [To him.] Sir, I am an itinerant Phrenologist. S. P., Esq. - [Aside.] Itin-rant-phrenol-gist. What is that I wonder! Can it be a preacher? I´ll try and find out. [To him.] Say, nice-looking, Mr. Itin-rant-phrenol-gist, what do you do for a living - Prof. P. - Have I not told you, my young man, that I am a Phrenologist. S. P., Esq. - [Aside.] Now, he is a Phrenol-gist. But a while ago he was the other thing. [To him.] What do you do for a living? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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