Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 - Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852The general notion is, that...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 - Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852

The general notion is, that laughter is childish, and unworthy the gravity of adult life. Grown men, we say, have more to do than to laugh; and the wiser sort of them leave such an unseemly contortion of the muscles to babes and blockheads. We have a suspicion that there is something wrong herethat the world is mistaken not only in its reasonings, but its facts. To assign laughter to an early period of life, is to go contrary to observation and experience. There is not so grave an animal in this world as the human baby. It will weep, when it has got the length of tears, by the pailful; it will clench its fists, distort its face into a hideous expression of anguish, and scream itself into convulsions. It has not yet come up to a laugh. The little savage must be educated by circumstances, and tamed by the contact of civilisation, before it rises to the greater functions of its being. Nay, we have sometimes received the idea from its choked and tuneless screams, that they were imperfect attempts at laughter. It feels enjoyment as well as pain, but has only one way of expressing both. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Editor: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 , Chambers, William, 1800-1883

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