Cheerfulness, in most cheerful people, is the rich and sati… - Edwin Percy Whipple

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Cheerfulness, in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Edwin Percy Whipple

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Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was a literary critic and essayist from Massachusetts.

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