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 Yes, Anatole was a fool when he said : It is a lie. — That is it. IF the actor simulates life it is a lie. But — but why continue without an audience ?

The reason people marvel at works of art and say : How in Christ's name did he do it ? — is that they know nothing of the physiology of the nervous system and have never in their experience witnessed the larger processes of the imagination.

It is a step over from the profitless engagements of the arithmetical.

The red paper box hinged with cloth is lined inside and out with imitation leather It is the sun the table with dinner on it for these are the same —