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Joseph Addison, The Spectator, September 26, 1712
English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719)

Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

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Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

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