A natural wit is always spontaneous. I may remark, however, that a vast amount of whom.scious humour is always floating about us, and to those who can perceive it, the world is ever very amusing. When used in a kindly manner, it i.s a most agreeable faculty, but when used rashly, it often cuts like a knife, and leaves a jagged, rankling wound. Religion does not destroy wit. What a good, yet witty and cheerful, man Bishop Hill was.
Wit is a matter of the intellect, the instantaneous action of an elastic mind.
I may assert, too, that women, as a rule, are not witty or humorous. Women lack the sense of humour to a large extent. The Irish are witty and humorous, while the Scotch and Manx are humorous and droll, and often, from the two latter, gleams of dry humour flash out naturally and spontanecsusly, which are very refreshing. There are various specimens of witty people. Like musical people, wits are very jealous of each other.