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.
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"A conqueror as provident as brave,..." by Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914) was an American satirist, journalist, and poet. His "Devil's Dictionary" and Civil War stories are classics of dark humor. He disappeared mysteriously in Mexico.
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