To Seek A Justification For A Decision

Bait, N. A Preparation That Renders The Hook More Palatable. The Best Kind Is Beauty.

Extinction, N. The Raw Material Out Of Which Theology Created The Future State.

Debt, N. An Ingenious Substitute For The Chain And Whip Of The Slave-driver. As, Pent In An Aquarium, The Troutlet Swims Round And Round His Tank To Find An Outlet, Pressing His Nose Against The Glass That Holds Him, Nor Ever Sees The Prison That Enfolds Him; So The Poor Debtor, Seeing Naught Around Him, Yet Feels The Narrow Limits That Impound Him, Grieves At His Debt And Studies To Evade It, And Finds At Last He Might As Well Have Paid It.

Impostor N. A Rival Aspirant To Public Honors.

Rhubarb: Essence Of Stomach Ache.