DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.

Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.

CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.