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To: GST who wrote (88668)	11/7/2007 5:23:53 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Too many to list, so here goes: en.wikipedia.org Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think we think. Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries. Christian, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin. Congratulation, n. The civility of envy. Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with new ones. Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision. Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Electricity, n. The cause of all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. Friendless, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. Politeness , n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. White, adj. and n. Black. etc. etc. These were culled from: en.wikiquote.org This is interesting: In October 1913 the septuagenarian Bierce departed Washington, D.C., for a tour of his old Civil War battlefields. By December he had proceeded on through Louisiana and Texas, crossing by way of El Paso into Mexico, which was in the throes of revolution. In Ciudad Juárez he joined Pancho Villa's army as an observer, and in that role participated in the battle of Tierra Blanca. Bierce is known to have accompanied Villa's army as far as Chihuahua, Chihuahua. After a last letter to a close friend, sent from there December 26, 1913, he vanished without a trace, becoming one of the most famous disappearances in American literary history. Investigations into his fate proved fruitless, and despite an abundance of theories his end remains shrouded in mystery. The date of his death is generally cited as "1914?". In one of his last letters, Bierce wrote the following to his niece, Lora: "Good-bye — if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico — ah, that is euthanasia!"