Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Ambrose BierceEpitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
Ambrose BierceMONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
Ambrose BierceHYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that
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