OLD, Adj. In That Stage Of Usefulness Which Is Not Inconsistent With General Inefficiency, As An _old Man_.

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OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with
general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time
and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book.

"Old books? The devil take them!" Goby said.
"Fresh every day must be my books and bread."
Nature herself approves the Goby rule
And gives us every moment a fresh fool.
Harley Shum
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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