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• WHITE, adj. and n. Black. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• I am a person of color: My color is White
• NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political problem.
  Representing him by the letter n, the Republicans begin to build their equation thu...
• BOTANY, n. The science of vegetables -- those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are.
  It deals largely with their flowers, which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill- smelling....
• RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth.
  As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem....
• FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...