now-you-don't

Updated: June 24, 2025

If Doctor Talmage is the Barnum of Theology, surely we may call Doctor Nordau the Barnum of Science. His agility in manipulating facts is equal to Hermann's now-you-see-it and now-you-don't, with pocket-handkerchiefs.

Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 : Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great