Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

E. B. White
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  1. Reading is the work of the alert mind is demanding and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy. This gives the experience of reading a sublimity and power unequalled by any other form of communication.

  2. His words leap across rivers and mountains but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

  3. Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

  4. Humour plays close to the big hot fire which is the truth and the reader feels the heat.

  5. Humour can be dissected as a frog can but the thing dies in the process.

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