Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.

Acquaintance: "A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.