Life - A Spiritual Pickle Preserving The

Occident: The Part Of The World Lying West (or East) Of The Orient. It Is Largely Inhabited By Christians, A Powerful Subtribe Of The Hypocrites, Whose Principal Industries Are Murder And Cheating, Which They Are Pleased To Call War And Commerce. These, Also, Are The Principal Industries Of The Orient.

Birth: The First And Direst Of All Disasters.

Providential, Adj. Unexpectedly And Conspicuously Beneficial To The Person So Describing It.

Congress, N. A Body Of Men Who Meet To Repeal Laws.

Platitude, N. The Fundamental Element And Special Glory Of Popular Literature. A Thought That Snores In Words That Smoke. All That Is Mortal Of A Departed Truth. A Jelly-fish Withering On The Shore Of The Sea Of Thought. A Desiccated Epigram.