RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantid…

Ambrose Bierce
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries . . ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.108, Courier Corporation
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