Referendum, N. A Law For Submission Of

Lottery: A Tax On People Who Are Bad At Math.

Uxoriousness, N. A Perverted Affection That Has Strayed To One's Own Wife.

Plunder, V. To Take The Property Of Another Without Observing The Decent And Customary Reticences Of Theft. To Wrest The Wealth Of A From B And Leave C Lamenting A Vanishing Opportunity.

Debt, N. An Ingenious Substitute For The Chain And Whip Of The Slavedriver.

A Man Is The Sum Of His Ancestors; To Reform Him You Must Begin With A Dead Ape And Work Downward Through A Million Graves. He Is Like The Lower End Of A Suspended Chain; You Can Sway Him Slightly To The Right Or The Left, But Remove Your Hand And He Falls Into Line With The Other Links.