RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
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CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet two clarionets.
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INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
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PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
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PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
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PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
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