This trick requires care and patience. You must lay a piece of
looking-glass on a perfectly even table; then take a new-laid egg and
shake it about for some time until the white is well mixed with the
yolk. In this condition it is possible to balance the egg on its end
and make it stand upright on the glass. This trick is more certain
to be successful if you are clever enough to flatten the end ever so
slightly and evenly, by giving it a gentle and unsuspected tap.
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