OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.
Ambrose BierceHOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
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