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Literary
July 2, 1858
Bedford Inquirer
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A short essay reflecting on laughter as a key to understanding character, noting how it can reveal hidden depths in familiar people, with a quote from a recent writer.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
A LAUGH.—How much of character lies in a laugh! It is in fact the cypher key oftentimes, wherewith we decipher a man. As a late writer observes: 'You know no man until you have heard him laugh.' There are occasions—there are humors—when a man with whom you have long been familiar, will quite startle us by breaking out into a laugh, which comes manifestly right from the heart, and yet which we never heard before. And in many a heart a sweet angel slumbers unseen, until some happy moment awakens it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Laughter
Character
Human Nature
Literary Details
Title
A Laugh.
Key Lines
'You Know No Man Until You Have Heard Him Laugh.'