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October 19, 2011

the cautionary wit of ambrose bierce ... having a certain application to the events of the day ...

zeal: a certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.

radicalism: conservatism of tomorrow injected into the affairs of today.

conservative: a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

from "the devil's dictionary," by ambrose bierce.

john jay @ 10.19.2011 

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