Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedr…

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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.40, 谷月社
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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.40, 谷月社

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