[Ads-l] wisecrack, 1905/6

[Stephen Goranson]

American Character, by Brander Matthews pub. NY,1906, from 1905 lectures?,
p.13:

"I cannot be satisfied with the attitude of the defeatist or the futilitarian, nor can I believe that the wisecrack of the smart set is the acme of human wisdom."

Also, p. 143, "The wise-crack has become for many the height of wisdom."

https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Character/UA2WY1GvV-oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=wisecrack&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover


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