One-minute review: “Wit is a lean creature with sharp inquiring nose whereas humor has a kindly eye….” ………. “…wit fades whereas humor lasts.” ………. “But is there anything more melancholy than the wit of another generation?” ………. “Sydney Smith was the most celebrated wit of his day, but he is dull reading now. Blackwood’s [Magazine] at its first issue was a witty daring sheet, but for us the pages are stagnant.” ………. “Where are the wits of yesteryear?” ………. “Yet the humor of Falstaff and Lamb and Fielding remains and is a reminder to us that humor, to be real, must be founded on humanity….”
American Essays. Ed. Charles B. Shaw. A Pelican Mentor New York
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