Humor
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume I (Ashes of the Beacon / Land Beyond the Blow / For the Ahkoond / John Smith, Liberator / Bits of Autobiography)
1909·176 pages
Satirical essays, stories, and Civil War recollections critiquing American politics and republican institutions.
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Satirical essays, stories, and Civil War recollections critiquing American politics and republican institutions.
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Of the many causes that conspired to bring about the lamentable failure of "selfgovernment" in ancient America the most general andcomprehensive was, of course, the impracticable nature of the system itself.In the light of modern culture, and instructed by history, we readily discernthe folly of those crude ideas upon which the ancient Americans based whatthey knew as "republican institutions," and maintained, as long asmaintenance was possible, with something of a religious fervor....Ambrose Gw...
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Civil War recollections include battlefield deaths and injuries
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Satirical commentary on religious fervor in politics
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Central satirical critique of American self-government and institutions
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