RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem."

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Argumentative	Call	Devotees	Efficacy
Embrace	Esteem	Faith	False
Formerly	Held	Implement	Light
Living	Particular	Persuading	Popular
Rack	Truth	Unconverted	Used

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