Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of ex…

Isaac Barrow
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1830). The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow, p.354
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1830). The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow, p.354

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