An Inscription

Ambrose Gwinett BierceAmbrose Gwinett Bierce

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For a Statue of Napoleon
A conqueror as provident as brave,
He robbed the cradle to supply the grave.
His reign laid quantities of human dust:
He fell upon the just and the unjust.
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

1842 - 1914/AmericanAmbrose Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, and reared in Kosciusko County, Ind. He was a printer's apprentice before enlisting and serving with distinction in the Civil War. He launched a journalistic career in California and continued…

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