LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he 'lost his election'.
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BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commo.
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
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REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.
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CHRISTIAN, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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