THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 125 
Had I time, I might prove most un¬ 
deniably that one half of the evils 
of existence arise from the inven¬ 
tion of Ink, and the other half may 
safely be ascribed to the resurrection 
of paper. A man once told a learned 
man that he thanked God he could 
not read. 4 You thank God for 
your ignorance,’ said the man of let¬ 
ters. ‘I do,’ replied he. ‘Well, 
then, you have much to be thankful 
for,’ said he. These were the only 
two true philosophers that I ever 
heard of; but he who confessed him¬ 
self ignorant was the greater philo¬ 
sopher of the two. 
