EHE! A DROP FROM THE SPONGE OF KNOWLEDGE Characters. SIMPLEX. SIMPLICIOR. SIMPLICISSIMUS. Tue Mop OF THE PHILISTINES. SIMPLEX. Behold, O men: a Tree deep-rooted— A hundred branches from the mighty Trunk, And on each branch a hundred leaves— An Axe—a Child—a Hand—a Will! Tue Mos. Down with the old tree! Simpcex. [Unperturbed.] And Oh, He, Ho, the Will so powerful! (After one million years the tree fell) See the result: Toys, TOys, TOYs, TOYS! Smwpuicissimus. [Dogmatic.] The Spirit of Persistency unborn. THE Mos. Down with the Lords! IV U 281