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A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
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