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“RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, _Homo ventrambulans_.”

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“RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself, and by the Afro-American to affirm his worth.”

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“RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.”

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“RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.”

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“REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.”

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“REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.”

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“REALLY, adv. Apparently.”

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“REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.”

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“REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.”

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“REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.”

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“REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.”

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“REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.”

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“RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.”

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“RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.”

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“RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.”

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“RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.”

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“RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.”

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“RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.”

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“RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the outside.”

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“REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.”

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