COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

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

Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.

PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.