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Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Quotes: GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
         

GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.


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