MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
Ambrose BierceUNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
Ambrose BierceCOMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own.
Ambrose BierceDuty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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