BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
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DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
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USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to produce books that will live as long as the fashion.
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Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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