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The Devil’s Dictionary

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The Devil’s Dictionary

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Emancipation
n. A bondman’s change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself.
  He was a slave: at word he went and came;
      His iron collar cut him to the bone.
  Then Liberty erased his owner’s name,
      Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own.
G.J.