Agnes Repplier - Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it

Wit is a pleasure-giving thing, largely because it eludes reason; but in the apprehension of an absurdity through the working of the comic spirit there is a foundation of reason, and an impetus to human companionship.

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Repplier, Agnes. Americans and Others. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912, p. 28.

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