One of the finest instances of absence of mind on record is that furnished by a certain Oxford don, whose “scholarly abstraction'* frequently landed him in difficulties. Dining out one night, he suddenly became deep in thought, and for a time sat gazing at his plate, evidently deeply engrossed in some mighty problem. Now, it happened that his lefthand neighbour, a portly dame, had a habit of resting her hand on the table, palm down and fingers closed. Suddenly the professor awoke from his_ brown study, seized his fdrk, plunged it into the plump paw reposing to the left of his plate, and beaming genially through his glasses, remarked : "Mm bread. I tkiok
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 43, 5 June 1906, Page 2
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113Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 43, 5 June 1906, Page 2
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