"KNOWLEDGE IS INVALUABLE!"
SCENE—Royal Commission of the Future. Commissioners present. Last Witness under examination.
Chairman. And now, my lad, you have learned everything.
Witness (modestly). Yes, my Lord and Gentlemen, up to a certain point.
Chairman. Quite so—you have, generally speaking, an education rather better than an average City Clerk?
Witness (in the same modest tone). So I am given to understand.
Chairman. What is your father?
Witness. An artisan. But pardon me, I think I can anticipate and answer the next question. I am entirely unfit to follow my parent's calling—physically and morally. My frame has been weakened by study, and my education prevents—.