GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These quills when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called an 'author,' there results a very fair and accurate transcript of the fowl's thought and feeling.
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LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
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SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous appraisal.
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DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.
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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
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Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
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