The Six Degrees of Truth

The Six Degrees of Truth. Signed “Kyd” (Joseph Clarke). Source: Fun 57-58 (18 January 1893): 30. The most sublime degree of truth, it turns out, is filling out one’s income tax forms with complete honesty — something, according to the cartoonist, well worth a halo! Click on image to enlarge it.

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