DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg "pate".

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.