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`` I 've met tragedians , and I 've met comedians , and I 've met New York Central stars , and I can assure you they each represent a distinct type . The tragedians , as a rule , are quiet meek individuals , with soft low voices , in private life . They are more timid than otherwise , though essentially amiable . I knew a tragedian once who , after killing seventeen Indians , a road-agent , and a gross of cowboys between eight and ten P.M. every night for sixteen weeks , working six nights a week , was afraid of a mild little soft-shell crab that lay defenceless on a plate before him on the evening of the seventh night of the last week . Tragedians make agreeable companions , I can tell you ; and if J. Brutus Davenport is a tragedian , I think Mrs. Pedagog would do well to let him have the suite , provided , of course , that he pays for it in advance . '' `` I was about to observe , when our friend interrupted me , '' said Mr. Whitechoker , with dignity , `` that in any event an actor at this board would be to me an extremely objec -- '' `` Now the comedians , '' resumed the Idiot , ignoring Mr. Whitechoker 's remark -- `` the comedians are very different . They are twice as bloodthirsty as the murderers of the drama , and , worse than that , they are given to rehearsing at all hours of the day and night .