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Columbus’ Egg
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One day Columbus was at a dinner which a Spanish gentleman had given in his
honor, and several of these persons were present.
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They were proud, conceited fellows, and they very soon began to try to
make Columbus uncomfortable.
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"You have discovered strange lands beyond the sea," they said.
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"But what of that? We do not see why there should be so much said about it.
Anybody can sail across the ocean;
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…and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side, just as you
have done.
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It is the simplest thing in the world."
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Columbus made no answer; but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the company,
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"Who among you, gentlemen, can make this egg stand on
end?"
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One by one those at the One by one those at the table tried the experiment. table tried the experiment.
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When the egg had gone entirely around and none had succeeded, all said that it could not be done.
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Then Columbus took the egg and struck its small end gently upon
the table so as to break the shell a little.
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After that there was no
trouble in making it
stand upright.
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"Gentlemen," said he, "what is easier than to do this which you said was
impossible?
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It is the simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it—
after he has been shown how."
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"it's easy once you know about it. It's a little harder to trust in something that hasn't been
discovered yet."
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