THE SCIENTIST AND HIS CHILD.
" Father, thou art a scientist, Therefore dost all things know." " My child, if you've a dollar left, You go and bet 'tis so." " Father, is there an ether Through which the worlds all whiz 2" 11 Opinions vary, good, my child : I think perhaps there is." " And, father, are there folks who dwell In yon bright twinkling star ?" " Proctor thinks so, my deareßt boy, And—well, perhaps there are." *• And, father, that there comet there— You know what 'tis, I bope ?"— " I guess 'tis carbon, boy; so says Your daddy's spectroscope." " And, father, while I think of it, How do you know you know ?" " Knowledge is relative, my child— I only think'tia bo."
"You think you knowyou know you think; Fray how can such things be?" " My child, thus certainly you find Acres! your parent's knee,"
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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1492, 21 November 1874, Page 5 (Supplement)
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