Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.
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NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.Ambrose Bierce
IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound .... properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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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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OPPOSE, v. To assist with obstructions and objections.
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ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretense of open marauding.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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