PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who, leaving Europe in 1620 because not permitted to sing psalms through his nose, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who, leaving Europe in 1620 because not permitted to sing psalms through his nose, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience."

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According	Because	Conscience	Dictates
Europe	Father	Followed	Leaving
Massachusetts	Nose	Permitted	Personate
Pilgrim	Psalms	Seriously	Sing
Taken	Through	Traveler	Where

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