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

REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.

NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.

FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.

Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.