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HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known that sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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