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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
Born: 1630
Died: May 4, 1677

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Vile, Proper, Most, Instrument, Contempt, Due, Apparently, Exposing, Base, Things

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