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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
Book Excerpt: ...people having a common malevolent purpose. In a republic the crust that confined the fires of violence and sedition was thinnest. No improvement in the fortunes of the original anarchists through immigration to what was then called the New World would have made them good citizens. From centuries of secret war against particular forms of authority in their own countries they had inherited a bitter antagonism to all authority, even the most beneficent. In their new home they were worse than in their old. In the sunshine of opportunity the rank and sickly growth of their perverted natures became hardy, vigorous, bore fruit. They surrounded themselves with proselytes from the ranks of the idle, the vicious, the unsuccessful. They stimulated and organized discontent. Every one of them became a center of moral and political contagion. To those as yet unprepared to accept anarchy was offered the milder dogma of Socialism, and to those even weaker in the faith something vaguely called Reform. Each was initiated in..
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 20, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9798708993502 |
Publishers | Independently Published |
Pages | 178 |
Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 10 mm · 181 g |
Language | English |
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