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The Shadow on the Dial, and Other Essays

by Ambrose Bierce

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  1. 1A Note by the Author
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3I
  4. 4II
  5. 5III
  6. 6IV
  7. 7V
  8. 8I — Civilization
  9. 9II
  10. 10I — The Game of Politics
  11. 11II
  12. 12III
  13. 13IV
  14. 14V
  15. 15VI
  16. 16VII
  17. 17VIII
  18. 18IX
  19. 19Some Features of the Law
  20. 20II
  21. 21III
  22. 22IV
  23. 23V
  24. 24Arbitration
  25. 25Industrial Discontent
  26. 26II
  27. 27III
  28. 28I — Crime and Its Correctives
  29. 29II
  30. 30III
  31. 31I — The Death Penalty
  32. 32II
  33. 33III
  34. 34Religion
  35. 35II
  36. 36III
  37. 37IV
  38. 38V
  39. 39VI
  40. 40VII
  41. 41Immortality
  42. 42Opportunity
  43. 43Charity
  44. 44Emancipated Woman
  45. 45The Opposing Sex
  46. 46The American Sycophant
  47. 47A Dissertation on Dogs
  48. 48The Ancestral Bond
  49. 49The Right to Work
  50. 50The Right to Take Oneself Off

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