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- Decalogue
- n. A series of commandments, ten in number — just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian.
- Thou shalt no God but me adore: ’Twere too expensive to have more.
- No images nor idols make For Robert Ingersoll to break.
- Take not God’s name in vain; select A time when it will have effect.
- Work not on Sabbath days at all, But go to see the teams play ball.
- Honor thy parents. That creates For life insurance lower rates.
- Kill not, abet not those who kill; Thou shalt not pay thy butcher’s bill.
- Kiss not thy neighbor’s wife, unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress
- Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete Successfully in business. Cheat.
- Bear not false witness — that is low — But “hear ’tis rumored so and so.”
- Cover thou naught that thou hast not By hook or crook, or somehow, got.
- G.J.