EFFECT, n.

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other - which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.

TRUTH, n.

TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

SELF-EVIDENT, adj.

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

LINEN, n.

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp." - Calcraft the Hangman