Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1884 — The Problem of All Time. [ARTICLE]

The Problem of All Time.

After the Concord School of Philosophy gets through discussing Emerson, it might add something to human knowledge if it would discuss this subject, vis.: Why is it, that when two young men and two young ladies, who are drifting toward an affectionate acquaintance, set out for a walk in pairs, within speaking distance of each other, the young lady behind feels herself in duty bound to speak to the young man in front, and the young lady in front considers it equally her duty to speak to the young man behind; and why, if the young men should change partners, this peculiarity would still be observed ? It is strange that this should be so, but it is so, and perhaps the Concord School of Philosophy can tell why it is so, if it will,. devote its powerful njind to, it— Somerville Journal.

“I suppose,” jSaid a physician to a patient, while feeling his pulse, “that you consider me a humbug.” “I think it very odd that you so accurately divined my thoughts by simply feeling my pulse.” retorted the patient.