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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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