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The Devil's Dictionary: Digestion
by Ambrose Bierce DIEDIPLOMACYDIGESTION -n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer…The Devil's Dictionary: R.i.p.
by Ambrose Bierce RIOTRITER.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters…Different Classes of Upanishads
Different Classes of UpanishadsThe ancient Upanishads, i.e. those which occupy a place in the Samhitâs, Brâhmanas, and Âranyakas, must be, if we follow the chronology which at present is…U.S. Societies & Associations (N)
NAFSA: Association of International Educators (1948): 1307 New York Ave. N.W., 8th Flr., Washington, D.C. 20005-4701. 8,000+. Phone: (202) 737-3699. www.nafsa.org. National Abortion and…September 11: People in the News
Related Links September 11, 2001AfghanistanTerrorismThe TalibanAl-QaedaWho's Who in Afghanistan al-Zawahiri, Dr. Ayman, al-Qaeda's theological leaderAshcroft, John, U.S. attorney generalAtef,…Brewer's: Doctor My-Book
Dr. John Abernethy, so called because he used to say to his patients, “Read my book ”—on Surgical Observations. (1765-1830.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Blues Foundation Hall of Fame
The Blues Foundation, established in 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee, promotes and preserves blues music. The Blues Hall of Fame, also founded in 1980,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: Death in Life
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: A Serpent-FaceFragment: 'Such Hope, As Is th...Fragment: Death in Life Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. My head is heavy, my limbs…The Devil's Dictionary: Abrupt
by Ambrose Bierce ABRIDGEABSCONDABRUPT -adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon-shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr.…The Devil's Dictionary: Patriotism
by Ambrose Bierce PATRIOTPEACEPATRIOTISM -n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as…Trending
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