Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.
Ambrose BierceMINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.
Ambrose BiercePRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.
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