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  • Worms'-Meat, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility.

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    Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.475, ReadHowYouWant.com

  • Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

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    Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.69, University of Georgia Press
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Ambrose Bierce

  • Born: June 24, 1842
  • Died: 1914
  • Occupation: Journalist
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