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TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of… — The Devil's Dictionary

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The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell summoning us to the sacrifice.

Place: ¶1627
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