PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.

POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.