Against slander there is no defense. It starts with a word, with
a nod, with a shrug, with a look, with a smile. It is pestilence
walking in darkness, spreading contagion far and wide, which
the most wary traveler can not avoid; it is the heart-searching
dagger of the dark assassin; it is the poisoned arrow whose
wounds are incurable; it is the mortal sting of the deadly
adder, murder its employment, innocence its prey, and ruin its
sport.--_Catholic Telegraph._
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