HUMOUR AND WIT.
"Humour is a difficult thing to define," said Mr. J. "W. Shaw in a lecture on "British Humour" to members of the Overseas League last evening. Humour embraced a sense of vivid contrast, one emotion set against another charged m a different direction. It also contained the element of the unexpected. _ He defined the differences between wit .and humour, the one being the offspring of the mind, and the other a thing of heart and character. The wit of all nations was much the same, just as the minds of men were similar. Humour, however, was a nation's way of looking at things, and had its roots deep in the heart of a people. Mr. Shaw then set examples of Irish, Scots. English and American humour against one another, providing a good deal of amusement to his listeners.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 173, 24 July 1930, Page 10
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