Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

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

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.