Show Gift of Humor I HAD rather be strong at- at affectionate w loyal n o 0 b Ie- Ie l e minded than be the best humorist hu- hu humorist in the world yet if the gift of humor be added to these graces you have havea a combination combination tion that is absolutely irresistible irresistible ible because you have a per per- perfect perfect sense of proportion that never allows emotion to degenerate degen- degen degenerate erate into gush or virtue into rigidity Thus I say that humor is a kind of divine and crowning grace in a character because it means an artistic sense of proportion a true and vital tol- tol tolerance tolerance erance a power of infinite for for- Arthur Benson |