Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

When you doubt, abstain.

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.