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Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 24:3-4

"Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling."

cropper- a person who raises a crop

vigilante- a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate

tautology- the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style

didactic- intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

milieu- a person's social environment

efficacious- (typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result