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Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the...

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Emily Dickinson: How dreary to...

Emily Dickinson: How dreary to...

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring...

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When a thing...

When a thing...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

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We grow tired...

We grow tired...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

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GUNPOWDER, n. An...

GUNPOWDER, n. An...

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if...

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HOMILETICS, n. The...

HOMILETICS, n. The...

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the...

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LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Source: The Devil's...

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LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but [others]...

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JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of...

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MANNA, n. A...

MANNA, n. A...

MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they...

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MANICHEISM, n. The...

MANICHEISM, n. The...

MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight...

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MARTYR, n. One...

MARTYR, n. One...

MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

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MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of...

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MOUTH, n. In...

MOUTH, n. In...

MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.

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MONARCH, n. A...

MONARCH, n. A...

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as...

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MUMMY, n. An...

MUMMY, n. An...

MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian . . . handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to...

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NIRVANA, n. In...

NIRVANA, n. In...

NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those...

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Without the aid...

Without the aid...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the...

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OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no...

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OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating...

OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating...

OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers,...

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