It describes a conservative as "[a] statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
This work describes Religion as "the child of Hope and Fear" and relates the story of a sage who says nothing but "abracadabra." This work also claims that "God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh," and quotes a French plaque detailing the devouring of Benjamin Franklin by cannibals in the Sandwich Islands. It describes a conservative as "[a] statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others." For 10 points, name this book that satirically defined a lawyer as "one skilled in circumvention of the law," a cynical work by Ambrose Bierce.
This work describes Religion as "the child of Hope and Fear" and relates the story of a sage who says nothing but "abracadabra.
The Devil's Dictionary