Judge, 1926-06-05 · page 18 of 36
Judge — June 5, 1926 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page uses humorous "what-if" scenarios about historical figures to make a point about luck or chance in history. Each panel presents a famous biblical or classical figure and humorously imagines negative consequences if circumstances had been slightly different: - **Diogenes** (Greek philosopher) never had luck—implying his cynical lifestyle doomed him - **Pharaoh's daughter** finding Moses was crucial to history - **Daniel** insulting lions would have been fatal (rather than surviving the lion's den) - **David vs. Goliath**: poor eyesight would have handicapped him against the Philistine giant The satire suggests that historical "greatness" often depends on trivial circumstance rather than actual merit or ability. The cartoonist mocks how we mythologize historical figures while overlooking how much their success relied on luck rather than virtue. It's a comedic deflation of historical heroism.
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