MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.