NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

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

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.