To a discerning man looking out upon the world, the varieties of human absurdity must appear endless. Seeing the many forms of vanity and hypocrisy; self-deception; unconscious violation of proper, sensible behavior; and all sides the laughable incongruity between saying and doing -- observing these things a man may respond in a number of ways. He may be indifferent, contemptuous, amused, or indignant. Or he may think of himself as sharing like other...