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The Devil's Dictionary

Plaintext for Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary"

(60340 words/365122 characters)

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Wolfram Research, "The Devil's Dictionary" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.09985.data

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  • Title: The Devil's Dictionary
  • Creator: Ambrose Bierce
  • Date: 1911
  • Language: English

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  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research