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George F. Hoar: “Such things lose nine-tenths of their flavor in the repetition and nine parts of the other tenth when they are put in…”

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Such things lose nine-tenths of their flavor in the repetition and nine parts of the other tenth when they are put in writing.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar comments on how the essence of jokes diminishes when repeated or written down.

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