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The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable gravity which, after all, must be our habitual frame of mind.


Americans and Others (1912)


The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable...

The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable...

The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable...

The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable...