Judging- by Appearances.
"Is there any sure test by which to tell the sane from the insane?" inquired a, student of the famous French physician, Esquirol. "Please dine with me to-morrow at 6 o'clock," was the answer of the savant. The student complied. Two other guests were present, one of whom was elegantly dressed, while the other was rather uncouth, noisy, and extremely conoeited. After diiner the pupil rose to take leave, and as he shook hands with his teacher he remarked' : "The problem is very simple after all. The quiet, well-dressed gentleman is certainly distinguished in some line : but the other is as certainly a lunatic, and ought at once to be locked up."' ''You are wrong, my friend," replied Esquiroi, with a smile. '"The quiet, welldressed man who talks =0 rationally has for years laboured under the delusion that he is God the Father ; whereas the other man, whos9 exuberance and self-conceit have surprised you, is M. Honore de Balzao, the greatest French writer of the day.'' J
Judging- by Appearances.
Otago Witness, Issue 2675, 21 June 1905, Page 87
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