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Title: A Flourishing Industry Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] "Are the industries of this country in a flourishing condition?" asked a Traveller from a Foreign Land of the first man he met in America. "Splendid!" said the Man. "I have more orders than I can fill." "What is your business?" the Traveller from a Foreign Land inquired. The Man replied, "I make boxing-gloves for the tongues of pugilists." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |