Part 34 (2/2)
”No.”
”A walrus?”
”No.”
”Then you do not believe that these conditions, countries, and animals have an existence?”
”Of course they have.”
”Why?”
”Others have seen them.”
”Ah,” he said; ”then you wish to modify your a.s.sertion--you only believe what others have seen?”
”Excepting one person,” I retorted.
Then he continued, seemingly not having noticed my personal allusion:
”Have you ever seen your heart?”
I hesitated.
”Answer,” he commanded.
”No.”
”Your stomach?”
”No.”
”Have you seen the stomach of any of your friends?”
”No.”
”The back of your head?”
I became irritated, and made no reply.
”Answer,” he again commanded.
”I have seen its reflection in a gla.s.s.”
”I say no,” he replied; ”you have not.”
”You are impudent,” I exclaimed.
”Not at all,” he said, good humoredly; ”how easy it is to make a mistake. I venture to say that you have never seen the reflection of the back of your head in a mirror.”
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