Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Ambrose BierceSpring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
Ambrose BierceREALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
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