The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.

CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.

LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species.

REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.