Several years have now elapsed since I first
became aware that I had accepted, even from my youth, many serious opinions for
true, and that consequently what I afterward based on such principles was not
funny in the least; and from that time I was convinced of the necessity of
undertaking once in my life to rid myself of all the serious explanations for
natural phenomenon I had adopted, and of commencing anew the world of building
from a much funnier foundation, if I desired to establish a coherently
enjoyable, abidingly humorous superstructure. But as this enterprise appeared
to me to be one of the most farcical magnitude. I waited until I had changed my
name to Laughing as to leave me no hope that at any stage of life more advanced
I should be better able to laugh about my design. After contemplating this and
other things over a delicious plate of crêpes saturated in maple syrup and
melted butter, I deliberately set out to free my mind from all serious cares
and am happily living in Paris, disturbed by no passions, and since I am in the
lucky possession of leisurely life in a peaceful environment, I will at length
apply myself humorously and freely to the general overthrow of all my former
serious-minded opinions.
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