The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a ple…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies and gloomy insanities in which fine intellects sometimes lose themselves. A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible. If that sense is lost, his fellow-men can do little for him. ✨ 1876 Letters and Social Aims,'The Comic'.
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