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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce: Man girds at and despises,
But takes himself away by leaps
And bounds when it arises.
Ambat Delaso
DARING, n. One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in
security.
DATARY, n. A high ecclesiastic official of the Roman Catholic Church,
whose important function is to brand the Pope's bulls with the words
_Datum Romae_. He enjoys a princely revenue and the friendship of
God.
DAWN, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men
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