Vanity, N. The Tribute Of A Fool

Plague, N. In Ancient Times A General Punishment Of The Innocent For Admonition Of Their Ruler, As In The Familiar Instance Of Pharaoh The Immune. The Plague Today . . . Is Merely Nature's Fortuitous Manifestation Of Her Purposeless Objectionableness.

Mine, Adj. Belonging To Me If I Can Hold Or Seize It.

Learning, N. The Kind Of Ignorance Distinguishing The Studious.

Ostrich, N. A Large Bird To Which (for Its Sins, Doubtless) Nature Has Denied That Hinder Toe . . . . The Absence Of A Good Working Pair Of Wings Is No Defect, For, As Has Been Ingeniously Pointed Out, The Ostrich Does Not Fly.

Divorce: A Resumption Of Diplomatic Relations And Rectification Of Boundaries.