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

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

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

Self-restraint is indulgence of the propensity to forgo.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.