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(1903)
Shapes of clay
by Ambrose Bierce
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Table of Contents
THE PASSING SHOW I
ELIXIR VITjE 5
CONVALESCENT 7
AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS 9
NOVUM ORGANUM 12
GEOTHEOS 13
YORICK IS
A VISION OF DOOM 17
POLITICS 21
POESY 22
IN DEFENSE 23
AN INVOCATION 25
RELIGION 3°
A MORNING FANCY 3 1
VISIONS OF SIN 33
THE TOWN OF D^E 35
AN ANARCHIST 41
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE A 2
ARMA VIRUMQUE 45
ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY 46
A DEMAND 4$
THE WEATHER WIGHT 5 1
T. A. H 56
MY MONUMENT 57
MAD 58
HOSPITALITY 60
FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC 6l
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS 63
MAGNANIMITY 65
TO HER 66
TO A SUMMER POET &7
ARTHUR MCEWEN 69
CHARLES AND PETER 70
CONTEMPLATION 72
CREATION 73
BUSINESS 74
A POSSIBILITY 75
TO A CENSOR 76
THE HESITATING VETERAN 79
A YEAR'S CASUALTIES 82
INSPIRATION 83
TO-DAY 84
AN ALIBI 86
REBUKE 93
J. F. B 94
THE DYING STATESMAN 95
THE DEATH OF GRANT 96
THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED 98
LAUS LUCIS 103
NANINE 104
TECHNOLOGY 105
A REPLY TO A LETTER 107
TO OSCAR WILDE 110
PRAYER . . . Ill
A "BORN LEADER OF MEN" 112
TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE 1 13
AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS 1 15
BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT 117
AN EPITAPH Il8
the politician 1 19
an inscription 120
from virginia to paris 121
a "mute inglorious milton" 122
the free trader's lament 123
subterranean phantasies 125
in memoriam 128
the statesmen 131
the brothers 134
the cynic's bequest 135
corrected news 143
an explanation 144
JUSTICE 145
MR. FINK'S DEBATING DONKEY I46
TO MY LAUNDRESS 151
FAME 152
OMNES VANITAS 154
ASPIRATION 155
DEMOCRACY I56
THE NEW "ULALUME" 157
CONSOLATION 158
FATE 159
PHILOSOPHER BIM M l60
REMINDED l62
SALVINI IN AMERICA 164
ANOTHER WAY . l66
ART 167
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER l68
TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY 169
THE DEBTOR ABROAD 170
FORESIGHT 171
A FAIR DIVISION 172
GENESIS 173
LIBERTY 174
THE PASSING OF "BOSS" SHEPHERD 175
TO MAUDE 178
THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE 179
STONEMAN IN HEAVEN l8o
THE SCURRIL PRESS l8l
STANLEY 184
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX l86
THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A COIN 187
A LACKING FACTOR l88
THE ROYAL JESTER 189
A CAREER IN LETTERS 193
THE FOLLOWING PAIR 195
POLITICAL ECONOMY 1 96
VANISHED AT COCK-CROW 197
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 198
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT 200
TEMPORA MUTANTUR 202
CONTENTMENT 204
THE NEW ENOCH 206
DISAVOWAL 209
AN AVERAGE 210
WOMAN 211
INCURABLE 212
THE PUN 213
a partisan's protest 215
TO NANINE 2l6
VICE VERSA 217
A BLACK-LIST 2l8
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC 2IO,
AUTHORITY 220
THE PSORIAD 221
ONEIROMANCY 225
PEACE 226
thanksgiving 22j
l'audace 230
the god's view-point 23i
the ^esthetes 235
july fourth 236
with mine own petard 237
constancy 239
sires and sons 241
a challenge 242
two shows 244
a poet's hope 246
the woman and the devil 249
two rogues 250
BEECHER 252
NOT GUILTY 253
PRESENTIMENT 254
A STUDY IN GRAY 255
A PARADOX 257
FOR MERIT 258
A BIT OF SCIENCE 259
THE TABLES TURNED 260
TO A DEJECTED POET 26l
A FOOL 262
THE HUMORIST 264
MONTEFIORE 265
A WARNING 266
DISCRETION 267
AN EXILE 268
THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT 269
PSYCHOGRAPHS 270
TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST 271
FOR WOUNDS 273
election day 274
the militiaman 276
a\ literary method , 277
a welcome 278
a serenade 279
the wise and good 280
the lost colonel 282
FOR TAT 285
A DILEMMA 286
METEMPSYCHOSIS 288
THE SAINT AND THE MONK 289
THE OPPOSING SEX 29I
A WHIPPER-IN 292
JUDGMENT 294
THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN 295
IN HIGH LIFE 298
A BUBBLE 299
A RENDEZVOUS 3 01
FRANCINE 3°2
AN EXAMPLE 3°3
REVENGE 3°4
THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT 3°6
IN CONTUMACIAM 3°7
RE-EDIFIED 3°8
A BULLETIN 3°9
FROM THE MINUTES 3 10
WOMAN IN POLITICS 3 12
TO AN ASPIRANT 314
A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE 3 X 5
A BUILDER 3 J 8
AN AUGURY 3 l 9
LUSUS POLITICUS 320
BEREAVEMENT 3 2 3
AN INSCRIPTION 3 2 5
A PICKBRAIN 326
CONVALESCENT 3 2 7
THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR 3 2 8
DETECTED 330
BIMETALISM 331
THE RICH TESTATOR 333
TWO METHODS 334
FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE 335
AN IMPOSTER 2>2>7
UNEXPOUNDED 338
FRANCE 339
THE EASTERN QUESTION 340
A GUEST 341
A FALSE PROPHECY 342
TWO TYPES 343
SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS 344
A HYMN OF THE MANY 348
ONE MORNING 349
AN ERROR 350
AT THE "NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT" 351
THE KING OF BORES 353
HISTORY 354
THE HERMIT 355
TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON 357
THE YEARLY LIE 358
CO-OPERATION 360
AN APOLOGUE 361
DIAGNOSIS 362
FALLEN 363
DIES IR^E 364
THE DAY OF WRATH 365
ONE MOOD'S EXPRESSION 372
SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS 373
IN THE BINNACLE 374
HUMILITY 375
ONE PRESIDENT 3j6
THE BRIDE 3JJ
STRAINED RELATIONS 378
THE MAN BORN BLIND 379
A NIGHTMARE 382
A WET SEASON 383
THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS 385
KMC FABULA DOCET 388
EXONERATION 389
AZRAEL 390
AGAIN 392
HOMO PODUNKENSIS 394
A SOCIAL CALL 395
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