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Ambrose Bierce Quotes: DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world's worship.
         

DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world's worship.


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DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world's worship.
         



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