The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of character, but merely discloses those that preexist.
Ambrose BierceBEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.
Ambrose BierceInfidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
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