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One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, … — The Devil's Dictionary

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SAPIR 861

The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.

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