"Mortification" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In Scotch law. A term nearly synonymous with “mortmain." Bell. Lands are said to be mortified for a charitable purpose
Subjection of the passions and appetites, by
penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.
Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
The death of one part of an animal body, while the
rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living
animal; gangrene.
That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation,
chagrin, or vexation.
A gift to some charitable or religious institution;
-- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
The act of mortifying, or the condition of being
mortified
Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval;
abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
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