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The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

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Advice, the smallest current coin.

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aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.

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New York is too strenuous for me; it gets on my nerves.

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An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

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renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.

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FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London

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Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

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I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

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An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

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The covers of this book are too far apart.

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PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance... The Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one - the knowledge and the dream.

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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

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The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

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WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.

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VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions.

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