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Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it.

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Stephen Leacock
Age: 74 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 30
Died: 1944
Died: March 28
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Stephen Butler Leacock
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