OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.

PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance... The Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one - the knowledge and the dream.

Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.

Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.