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There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor is not related, few which in some sense it has not governed. ... It is a lawless element, full of surprises.
Constance Rourke
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Constance Rourke
Age: 55 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 14
Died: 1941
Died: March 29
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Cleveland
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Constance Mayfield Rourke
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