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What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Philadelphia
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Whole
Paradox
Absurdities
Dust
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Laughter
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Laugh
Batteries
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Knell
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Absurdity
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