There are thousands upon thousands of models at the
Patent-office of inventions that are of absolutely no use
whatever. They represent the blasted hopes and often the
ruined fortunes of innumerable inventors who invested their
time and money in worthless ideas. The models forwarded by
these inventors to the Patent-office form a sort of museum by
themselves, and those who wish to look a bit beneath the surface
can find a story abounding in genuine pathos lurking in pretty
nearly every one of these foolish inventions. (Text.)--New York
_Evening Sun_.
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See APPOINTMENT.
=Discernment=--See INTERPRETATION BY EXPERIENCE.