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...good nature the practical joke of which he was the vidtim: he became angry, and seemed to lose en* tirely his sense of humor. This was re* called afterward, when he died sud* denly o£ heart disease; and an effort was made to account for his incon* si^tency. Some one who knew him well explained that, knowing of his disease, and not knowing what mo* ment might be his end, he had as a motive for his pranks the necessity of a mental adlivity so stimulating 10 and diverting as to drive away all thoughts of death, but that when the tables were turned upon him, the ac- tivity, not being his own, but anoth- er's, afforded him no such relief. The theory seemed ingenious, but it was only a theory, and in the making of it there were the chances of error al- ready set down. Now in the case of those who put to paper immortal words for our de- light, we are not content to read and enjoy; we mu^l needs know the why and the wherefore of literary motive, whether the purpose were moral, philosophic,...
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