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«America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.»

Author: George Clemenceau | About: America and Americans, Civilization | Keywords: barbarism, degeneration, directly, interval, in history, miraculously, usual

«MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.»

Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: abbreviate, abbreviated, disagreeable, distinctly, escaped, indicate, miraculously, missis, mister, Mrs, mush, the market, unmarried, unmarried man, unmarried woman, venture

«MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.»

Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: fertilize, fertilized, fertilizing, food supply, Israelites, miraculously, occupant, occupants, settle down, tilled

«If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.»

Author: William James (Philosopher, Psychologist) | Keywords: grace of God, miraculously, subliminal

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