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> EMPEROR NORTON - LIVE LIKE HIM <
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Joshua Norton, or as he preferred to be called, Norton I, proclaimed himself
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Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859.
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Although a pauper, he was fed free in San Francisco's best restaurants.
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Although a madman, he had all his state proclamations published in San
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Francisco newspapers.
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While rational reformers elsewhere failed to crack the national bank monopoly
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with alternate currency plans, Norton I had his own private currency accepted
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throughout San Francisco.
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When the Vigilantes decided to have a pogrom against the Chinese, and sane men
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would have tried to stop them, Norton I did nothing but stand in the street,
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head bowed, praying. The Vigilantes dispersed.
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"When the proper man does nothing (wu-wei), his thought
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is felt ten thousand miles."
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-- Lao Tse
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Although a fool, Norton I wrote letters which were seriously considered by
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Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria.
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"You must take the bull by the tail and look
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the facts in the face."
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-- W.C. Fields
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Although a charlatan, Norton I was so beloved that 30,000 people turned out
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for his funeral in 1880.
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"Everybody understands Mickey Mouse.
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Few understand Hermann Hesse.
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Hardly anybody understands Einstein.
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And nobody understands Emperor Norton."
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-- Malaclypse the Younger, K.S.C.
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BE YE NOT LOST AMOUNG PRECEPTS OF ORDER...
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The Book of Uterus 1:5
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"ON THE FUTURE SITE OF BEAUTIFUL
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HAIL ERIS Understanding of the paraphysical
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Manifestations of everyday Chaos
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