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John Weiss
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John Weiss (28 June 1818 – 9 March 1879) was an American author and clergyman, as well as a noted abolitionist.
Quotes
Irony is jesting hidden behind gravity. Humor is gravity concealed behind the jest.
Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare: Twelve essays (1876), p. 63.
The truest worship is a life;All dreaming we resign;We lay our offerings at Thy feet, —Our lives, O God, are Thine!
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 118.
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Category:Abolitionists
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Category:Harvard University alumni