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Word: descensu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there are gods many, so are there promises many. Beware, O ye Uncs., Occs., Specs, and Ad Libs., how ye seek after "wizards that peep and that mutter." Runs the proverb, "Facile est descensu--" and the makers of the Tower of Babel could not reverse it. Brilliant as the new light may be, make sure that it is not a will o the wisp whose lustre increases with the approach of death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR YELLOW PERIL | 9/26/1922 | See Source »

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