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referring to the story as familiar to ourselves。
｛4｝ What a SAFE word 〃relation〃 is； how little it predicates！ yet
it has overgrown 〃kinsman。〃
｛5｝ The root alluded to is not the potato of our own gardens； but
a plant so near akin to it that I have ventured to translate it
thus。 Apropos of its intelligence； had the writer known Butler he
would probably have said …
〃He knows what's what； and that's as high；
As metaphysic wit can fly。〃
｛6｝ Since my return to England； I have been told that those who
are conversant about machines use many terms concerning them which
show that their vitality is here recognised； and that a collection
of expressions in use among those who attend on steam engines would
be no less startling than instructive。 I am also informed； that
almost all machines have their own tricks and idiosyncrasies； that
they know their drivers and keepers； and that they will play pranks
upon a stranger。 It is my intention； on a future occasion； to
bring together examples both of the expressions in common use among
mechanicians； and of any extraordinary exhibitions of mechanical
sagacity and eccentricity that I can meet withnot as believing in
the Erewhonian Professor's theory； but from the interest of the
subject。
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