BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is the smell of the several kinds of powder used in preparing it.

MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.