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Aesop's Fables: The Ploughman and the Wolf

by Aesop The Wolf and his ShadowMercury and the Man Bitten by an AntThe Ploughman and the Wolf A Ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink. While…

The Devil's Dictionary: Ink

by Ambrose Bierce INJUSTICEINNATEINK -n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual…

The Devil's Dictionary: Lettuce

by Ambrose Bierce LEONINELEVIATHANLETTUCE -n. An herb of the genus Lactuca, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, "God has been pleased to reward the good and punish the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 3, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 2, 1806July 4, 1806July 3, 1806 Thursday July 3rd 1806. All arrangements being now compleated for carrying into effect the several scheemes…