For The Gaiety Of Nations PDF Download

Excerpt from For the Gaiety of Nations: Fun and Philosophy From the American Newspaper Humorists It is easy to get into the habit of frowning - look at the men you see going to their loving families every night with heavy creases between their eyebrows, glaring at the world as if it were a disease they might catch if they looked pleasant! But - thank Heaven! - it is just as easy to get into the habit of smiling; don't you remember the pretty little girl with her dimples showing that you caught a glimpse of the other day? Didn't she heighten and broaden and brighten this old earth of ours for you, in spite of yourself? And wouldn't you rather have a soul like hers than own the black heart of the bashi-bazouk you perceived in the glass when you were shaving this morning? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.