MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants."

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Bodies	Down	Fertilizing	Food
Given	Israelites	Longer	Manna
Miraculously	Occupants	Original	Rule
Settled	Soil	Supplied	Them
Tilled	Wilderness

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