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Title: Congress And The People Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] Successive Congresses having greatly impoverished the People, they were discouraged and wept copiously. "Why do you weep?" inquired an Angel who had perched upon a fence near by. "They have taken all we have," replied the People--"excepting," they added, noting the suggestive visitant--"excepting our hope in heaven. Thank God, they cannot deprive us of that!" But at last came the Congress of 1889. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |