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IT OCCURRED TO HIM. A very distinguished British "man of science had the i'obile, says Prof. Brander Matthews, of inventing thrilling episodes, and pretending thai they were of his own experience. On one occasion, after he had spun a marvellous yarn, with, himself in the centre of the coil, a sceptical friend looked, him in the eye, and , asked, sternly, "CliiVord, do you mean to say that this really occurred to you ?" Whereupon the imaginative man of science replied, with a twinkle ; I "Yes—it just occurred to me !"
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1914, Page 3
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88Untitled Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 November 1914, Page 3
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