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Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command

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EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other-which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of the dog.

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Molecule, n.: The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.

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A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

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ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.

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

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REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

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ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

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UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

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The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

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Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

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AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

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Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

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Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

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FORCE, n. "Force is but might," the teacher said p/ "That definition's just."/ The boy said naught but throught instead,/ Remembering his pounded head:/ "Force is not might but must!"

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Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.

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