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THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY Ambrose Bierce - Sunny Hills High School

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Rev. Dr. Mucker<br />

(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)<br />

Cold pie is a detestable<br />

American comestible.<br />

That's why I'm done‐‐or undone‐‐<br />

So far from that dear London.<br />

<strong>Ambrose</strong> <strong>Bierce</strong> The Devil’s Dictionary<br />

(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo)<br />

PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed<br />

resemblance to man.<br />

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles<br />

To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.<br />

Judibras<br />

PIG, n. An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human<br />

race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is<br />

inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.<br />

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