ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
Ambrose BierceMAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
Ambrose BierceAs a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it.
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