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...Ass...
Sirs: Why call a man an ass when there is always the ever-present danger that there is another one hanging around for you to ride, as G. A. Tibbetts,* Bangor, Me., might as well do, when he speaks of "the battle of Valley Forge," (TIME, Feb. 22). Who ever before heard of a battle at Valley Forge? It was a camp ground...
...Stupid Ass...
...comic interlude Balaam appears belaboring his ass, which balks at the shining angel in his path. The High Priest was also intended as a comic figure. In scorn and derision he listens to the prophecies, laughs raucously at Saint Augustine's chant, and harangues his Jewish followers. He contrasts grotesquely with the sober, dignified Augustus who calmly opposes his biblical arguments to the raging High Priest and his followers...
...Term for an ass that keeps plodding because a wisp of hay which he never gets is held before his nose...