Evolutionary biology is genuinely scientific, but more than that it opens the door to a world more marvellous than any Christian fundamentalist has ever read into the pages of the Bible.

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.

Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.