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Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.
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UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.
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PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
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ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
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A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
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