FORCE, n. 'Force is but might,' the teacher said p 'That definition's just.' The boy said naught but throught instead, Remembering his pounded head 'Force is not might but must'
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COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our own.
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NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
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RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. The railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.
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RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.
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