The Devil's Dictionary: Magic

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
MAGDALENE
MAGNET

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.

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