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\u201cIt is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Max Eastman<\/strong>, American author & editor<\/p>\n

Enjoyment of Laughter<\/em> (1936) New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936, 8th printing, p. 36; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Eastman, sharing his \u2018amateur opinion\u2019 that \u2018apes have a rudimentary sense of humor.’]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has at least enough feeling for a playful trick to understand that he has been teased and not attacked. It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of hum<\/span>or.\u201d (pp. 36-37)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – Enjoyment of Laughter<\/em> (1936) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/enjoymentoflaugh00east#page\/36\/mode\/2up\/search\/take+a+joke<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cP<\/strong>eople who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Max Eastman<\/strong>, American author & editor<\/p>\n

Enjoyment of Poetry with Anthology for Enjoyment of Poetry <\/em>(1951) New York: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1951, p. 233<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Non-fiction]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word \u201cgreat\u201d when so used is a mere glorification of listlessness and leisure-class triviality. I omit from consideration here the fact that people who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.<\/span>\u201d (p. 233)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The cited quote does not<\/u> appear in Eastman\u2019s 1913 or 1929 editions of Enjoyment of Poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – Enjoyment of Poetry with Anthology for Enjoyment of Poetry <\/em>(1951) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 492441255<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201c[T]he worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Max Eastman<\/strong>, American author & editor<\/p>\n

Reflections on the Failure of Socialism<\/em> (March 1955) New York: Devin-Adair Co., June 1955, p. 57; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Author\u2019s reflections on his ideological shift]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere occurred no change in my feeling on this subject when I abandoned the idea of proletarian revolution. I still think the worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.<\/span>\u201d (p. 57)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5a0f9-2363″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Reflections on the Failure of Socialism<\/em> (March 1955|June 1955 edition) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/reflectionsonfai00eastrich#page\/56\/mode\/2up\/search\/worst+enemy+of+human<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Max Eastman <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n