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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
The magic business is an urban legend. The magical business on the other hand is real and is the work. The performer, who spins out his magical business, by unduly watering it down with patter or other forms of entertainment, gives a fishlike displays of ability and shows a lake of understanding of the invisible science from the land of magic and he shall hear a certain governor of North Carolina say onto him "It's a long time between drinks.”
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
That's nice.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Yes in a Latin sort of way.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3222 Posts |
From the book, Our Magic by Maskelyne and Devant:
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On the other hand, the performer who spins out his magical business, by unduly watering it down with patter or other forms of entertainment, displays a fault of another order, but similar in degree. I like that book. It makes sense. There's a lot of prose that's ostensibly written about magic that doesn't.
Humans make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to create boredom. Quite astonishing.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
The certain governor of North Carolina was?
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23538642?seq......contents urban legend
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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