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Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

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