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POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...

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RED-SKIN, n. A...

RED-SKIN, n. A...

RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the...

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ROPE, n. An...

ROPE, n. An...

ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and...

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SYLPH, n. An...

SYLPH, n. An...

SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally...

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SCRIBBLER, n. A...

SCRIBBLER, n. A...

SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

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SUCCESS, n. The...

SUCCESS, n. The...

SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.

Source: The Devil's...

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TYPE, n. Pestilent...

TYPE, n. Pestilent...

TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency...

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ZEAL, n. A...

ZEAL, n. A...

ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a...

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MARRIAGE, n. The...

MARRIAGE, n. The...

MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all,...

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MAJESTY, n. The...

MAJESTY, n. The...

MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand...

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NOMINATE, v. To...

NOMINATE, v. To...

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Pride ruined the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Pride ruined the...

Pride ruined the angels.

Source: The Sphinx.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The ship of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The ship of...

The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.

Source: In...

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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: Those who live...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Those who live...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

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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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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We can see...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We can see...

We can see well into the past; we can guess shrewdly into the future; but that which is rolled up and muffled in...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are a...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

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