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EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Meigs County
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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