Nesbit: A plenipotentiary of publicity who takes pretty nothings and makes of them New York Central literary hash.
BEDIENCE: 1. Expectation on a monument. 2. A dignified retreat from Balaklava. 3. Lex Talionis playing 'possum. 4. The second law of Nature, the first being murder. E. g., "After all, it was my brother's Obedience to the Lord that laid the foundation of my glory."—From Cain's Diary of an Altar-Wrecker.
Opportunity: 1. The only Knocker that is welcome. 2. Health and a job.
Oblivion: 1. The memory of Eternity. 2. A place where the human race and politicians are as one; where immortals are afflicted with aphasia; where God enjoys a long siesta; where we lose the bores and all those good folks who want to tell us the sad story of their lives.