The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.