Bierce borrows the form of Aesop to skewer American public life. A Moral Principle meets a Material Interest on a narrow bridge, explorers are asked what good the North Pole will do anyone, and a parade of politicians, wardens, judges, patriots and pious frauds reveal their true motives in a few lines each, ending in morals sharp enough to cut.
Concentrated cynicism from the author of The Devil’s Dictionary, as pointed now as in 1899. Download the free EPUB.