LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.

PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.