Humpty Dumpty's Wisdom

 
	"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said.

	Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously.  "Of course you don't ---

till I tell you.  I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for 

you!'"
	
	"But 'glory' doesn't mean a 'nice knock-down argument,'" Alice

objected.  
     	
	"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful 

tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean --- neither more nor 

less."
	
	"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words 

mean so many different things."
	
	"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master 

--- that's all."


               From Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll