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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 556

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THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER. By Palmer Cox. There was a great philosopherLived years and years ago; And such a merry soul was heThey called him Laughing Joe. … THEY DROVE HIM FROM THE TOWN. For laugh he would throughout the year,Let things go wrong or right; Let Fortune smile or Fortune frown,His heart was ever light. 544 THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER. And little children every dayWould gather round his place To listen to his hearty laughOr see his smiling…

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