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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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