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Radicalism, N. The Conservatism Of To-morrow Injected Into The Affairs Of To-day.

Magic, N. An Art Of Converting Superstition Into Coin. There Are Other Arts Serving The Same High Purpose, But The Discreet Lexicographer Does Not Name Them.

Liar, N. One Who Tells An Unpleasant Truth.

Botany, N. The Science Of Vegetables - Those That Are Not Good To Eat, As Well As Those That Are. It Deals Largely With Their Flowers, Which Are Commonly Badly Designed, Inartistic In Color, And Ill-smelling.

Bore, N. A Person Who Talks When You Wish Him To Listen.