POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
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REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.Ambrose Bierce
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
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Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
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PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
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PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called 'trousers' by the enlightened and 'pants' by the unworthy.
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POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
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