The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in the West Indies and is preferred by certain old- fashioned sea-captains.

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

Self-restraint is indulgence of the propensity to forgo.