We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted.

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.