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The philosopher at Amissville has a problem.
“I can’t understand it,” said he. “My pa and my grandpa managed to earn a living and fill their stomachs and I know they didn’t work this hard. I never find the end of work. The more I do, the more there is to be done. The only reason I can figure is taxes. That's what pa and grandpa didn’t have so much of, and I got too much of.”
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Suppose the Rip Van Winkle story could be true? You could
waked him up in 1850, and after a short time he could have adjusted himself to the few noticeable changes. Lights would be about the same; travel, about the same; little change in the general manner of living. But, oh, boy! wouldn't it be a sight to see Old Rip if you had started him on a nap in 1850 and waked him up in 19501 I can see him now: when he came down out of the hollows in Rappahannock and saw either Route 211 or 522 on a clear Sunday afternoon! Giant, metal horseless carriages zooming by him at 60 miles an hour!
I’m a kind-hearted person. I’d just knock him in the head and relieve him of his misery before he happened to arrive in one of the cities and got caught in an escalator or an automat! And I would certainly see to it that the old fellow didn’t see a newspaper with all its government wrangling, crime, and airplane crashes.
It’s a good thing, old Rip’s sleep is mythological. Some Ph.D., aspirant would try it, if he could; and the S.P.C.A. would have to deal with him.
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