CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.

FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of 'Cogito ergo sum' to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved 'Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum' 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am' as close an approach.

Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.

An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.