Ambrose Bierce(1842–1914?) · The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume V · Black Beetles in Amber · 1911?
Lo! tooth and nail my countrymen contest Which portrait of Columbus is the best. Considering that the pirate never “sat,” That is as like as this, and this as that. We want a face that shows, by all the rules, A prophecy of ninety million fools.