PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who was not permitted to sing psalms through his nose in Europe, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience. (Ambrose Bierce)

PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who was not permitted to sing psalms through his nose in Europe, followed it to Massachusetts, where he could personate God according to the dictates of his conscience.

Ambrose Bierce

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