Saturday, November 30, 2013

Human Intelligence According to Stephen B. Leacock


Painting by Edouard Leon Cortes


"Advertising may be described
 as the science of arresting the human intelligence
long enough to get money from it."
 
~Stephen Butler Leacock
 

Stephen Leacock
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. In the early part of the 20th century he was the best-known humorist in the English-speaking world.[1] He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people’s follies.[2] The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour.

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