Trade Ya Babe Ruth for Antoine Lavoisier

This is written in homage to humorist James Thurber, author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and with happy recollections of reading Thurber s works with my daughter Rachel. 

Cooley, The New Text-Book of Chemistry for Use in High Schools and Academies, Ivison, Blakeman Co., New York Chicago, 1881. The drawings on the title page were drawn by a student, who 1 think is female by the nature of these drawings and written names of friends the year 1891 is also written in the same hand. 

Babe Ruth is the Father of Modern Baseball because his home-run hitting revolutionized the game. In 1918, none of the 16 Major League teams hit more than 27 

Trading a Babe Ruth baseball card for a Lavoisier card would seem like a steal to me. However, the grim reality is that there is today a very active investor s market in baseball trading cards, while chemistry trading cards, hot in Belgium and Holland over sixty years ago, are not exactly selling for a premium. And since 1 know of no chemists signing 10-year 252 million contracts with no-cut clauses, there will probably be no renaissance in chemistry cards in the near fiiture.  

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