ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble."

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America	Beak	Bird	Candidate
Energetically	Expounds	Latin	Office
Place	Power	Prow	Rabble
Rostrum	Ship	Virtue	Wisdom

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