READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang. We know by one's reading His learning and breeding; By what draws his laughter We know his Hereafter. Read nothing, laugh never -- The Sphinx was less clever! Jupiter Muke - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.

We know by one's reading
His learning and breeding;
By what draws his laughter
We know his Hereafter.
Read nothing, laugh never --
The Sphinx was less clever!
Jupiter Muke"

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Body	Breeding	Clever	Consists
Country	Dialect	Draws	General
Hereafter	Humor	Indiana	Jupiter
Laugh	Laughter	Learning	Muke
Nothing	Novels	Ones	Read
Reading	Reads	Rule	Short
Slang	Sphinx	Stories

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