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1842–1914

ASPIRATION.

Ambrose Bierce

Lo! the wild rabbit, happy in the pride Of qualities to meaner beasts denied, Surveys the ass with reverence and fear, Adoring his superior length of ear,

And says: “No living creature, lean or fat, But wishes in his heart to be like That!”

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