Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.