Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Charles Lamb

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Laughter

Author

Charles Lamb

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1815 1810s 19th century

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lamb, Charles. Letter to Robert Southey. 9 Aug. 1815.

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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched... Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind... We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
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Letter
Genre
Political writing
Language
English
Time
1816 1810s 19th century
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Samuel Kercheval. 12 July 1816.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.