PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod of Judea, all the famous soldiers have been practical exponents of the Malthusian idea.

TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.

A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.