Envying Sir Isaac.

The teacher was trying to impress on the children how important had been the discovery of the law of gravitation.

“Sir Isaac Newton was sitting on the ground looking at a tree. An apple fell on his head and from that he discovered gravitation. Just think, children,” she added, “isn't that wonderful?”

The inevitable small boy replied: “Yes'm, an' if he had been settin' in school lookin’ at his books, he wouldn't have discovered nothin'.”

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