y noth-ing harder than to provoke mirth and retain dignity.Pathos may, it is true, dribble into sentimentality,butnot so quickly as folly degenerates into foolish-ness, and in the long run it is much more tolerableto live with a solemn truth than with a silly jest.This Janet Scudder has understood,… … MASTER BILLY IAHNESTOCK BY JANET SCUDDER LXXXII
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