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There's no free will, says the philosopher To hang is most unjust. There is no free will, assents the officer We hang because we must.

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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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