Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
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PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
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LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss yet when lost it is not missed.
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