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Egotist

Megaceph, chosen to serve the

In the halls of legislative debate,

One day with his credentials

To the capitol's door and announced his name.

The doorkeeper looked, with a comical

Of the face, at the eminent egotist,

And said: "Go away, for we settle

All manner of questions, knotty and queer,

And we cannot have, when the speaker

To know how every member stands,

A man who to all things under the

Assents by eternally voting 'I.'"

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842– circa 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The De…

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