"Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game."

Humor, Man, Dignity, Humanity

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"Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game."

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