OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book. "Old books? The devil take them!" Goby said. "Fresh every day must be my books and bread." Nature herself approves the Goby rule And gives us every moment a fresh fool. Harley Shum - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an _old_ book.

"Old books? The devil take them!" Goby said.
"Fresh every day must be my books and bread."
Nature herself approves the Goby rule
And gives us every moment a fresh fool.
Harley Shum"

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Devil	Discredited	Every	Fool
Fresh	General	Gives	Goby
Harley	Herself	Inconsistent	Inefficiency
Lapse	Moment	Must	Nature
Offensive	Popular	Rule	Shum
Stage	Take	Taste	Them
Time	Usefulness

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