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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing astonishes men...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing astonishes men...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Source: Essays, ...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The moment we...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The moment we...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed; there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The President has...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The President has...

The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are born...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are born...

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Source: The...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Mankind must evolve...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Mankind must evolve...

Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation...

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PROOF, n. Evidence...

PROOF, n. Evidence...

PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses...

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RESPIRATOR, n. An...

RESPIRATOR, n. An...

RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible...

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RUBBISH, n. Worthless...

RUBBISH, n. Worthless...

RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes...

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OYSTER, n. A...

OYSTER, n. A...

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!...

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ORPHAN, n. A...

ORPHAN, n. A...

ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . ....

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PLEBISCITE, n. A...

PLEBISCITE, n. A...

PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Source: The...

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PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging...

PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging...

PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating...

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QUIVER, n. A...

QUIVER, n. A...

QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter...

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REAR, n. In...

REAR, n. In...

REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to...

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RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate...

RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate...

RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve.

Source: The Devil's...

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PROPHECY, n. The...

PROPHECY, n. The...

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

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REVEILLE, n. A...

REVEILLE, n. A...

REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses...

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SELFISH, adj. Devoid...

SELFISH, adj. Devoid...

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Source: The...

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UBIQUITY, n. The...

UBIQUITY, n. The...

UBIQUITY, n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is...

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