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PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms through his nose [in Europe], followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience."
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"PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that."
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"PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read."
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"PREDICAMENT, n. The wage of consistency."
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"POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
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