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It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Laughing
Gets
Philosophy
Worst
Strains
Kind
Strain
Men
Beat
Beats
Laugh

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