Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference