MANES

n : The immortal parts of dead Greeks and Romans. They were in a state of dull discomfort until the bodies from which they had exhaled were buried and burned; and they seem not to have been particularly happy afterward. MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an ince ant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition. MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israeli tes in the wilderne . When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants. 217