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Idolator, n . One who professes a religion which we do not believe, with a symbolism different from our own. A person who thinks more of an image on a pedestal than of an image on a coin.

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Immigrant, n . An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.

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Homesick, adj . Dead broke abroad.

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Historian, n . A broad-gauge gossip.

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Haughty, adj . Proud and disdainful, like a waiter.

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Hatred, n . A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another’s success or superiority.

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Harmonists, n . A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.

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Gum, n . A substance greatly used by young women in place of a contented spirit and religious consolation.

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Gratitude, n . A sentiment lying midway between a benefit received and a benefit expected.

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Gold, n . A yellow metal greatly prized for its convenience in the various kinds of robbery known as trade. The word was formerly spelled “God”—the l was inserted to distinguish it from the name of another and inferior deity.

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Born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. After the war, he moved to California, where he became an influential journalist and newspaper editor. Bierce gained fame for his scathing style and his distrust of hypocrisy and pretense. His most famous work is 'The Devil's Dictionary,' a collection of satirical and witty definitions that expose human and social flaws. His short stories, such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' are notable for their dark atmosphere, surprising endings, and psychological exploration. Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913, while traveling to cover the Mexican Revolution, leaving behind a lasting and enigmatic literary legacy.