It's All the Same.
Whea the poet camo icto tho editors room, he was looking co discouraged and disconsolate, that the editor was oonstrained to notice it. " Hello," he exolaimed, " What's wrong ? Anything happened?" " No," replied the poet, tossing back his mane, "but I'm in despair, utterly hopeless. Life is a delusion, and I have wasted my existence in the struggle for the unattainable." The editor gave a Bich of relief. " That's nothing,'' he said. " You are no worse off than 1 am." " Have you been struggling: an I have been f" asked the poet, his face brightening. " No, I haven't, but I might as well. I've been struggling for the attainable and haven't got it. Now whioh of us is worse off?" " Huh," prowled the millionaire, who had overheard the conversation, ' • I've been struggling all my life for the attainable and have cot it. How much better off am I than either of you V
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Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 5
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156It's All the Same. Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 5
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