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

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

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

TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call war and commerce. These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

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

ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.