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Two Types

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) · Shapes of Clay · The Scrap Heap · 1903

Courageous fool!⁠—the peril’s strength unknown.
Courageous man!⁠—so conscious of your own.

Where this text comes from

First published in Shapes of Clay (1903). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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Taken from Standard Ebooks, standardebooks/ambrose-bierce_poetry, the-scrap-heap.xhtml. Rights: public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931).

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4793
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12658
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12977
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15599
https://archive.org/details/collectedworksof04bierrich
https://archive.org/details/collectedworksof05bierrich
https://archive.org/details/collectedworksof08bierrich
https://archive.org/details/shapesofclay00bier
https://archive.org/details/blackbeetlesinam00bier
https://archive.org/details/literarycalifor05mighgoog
https://archive.org/details/cali07webb

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Cite this poem

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?). “Two Types.” First published in Shapes of Clay (1903). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/ambrose-bierce/two-types/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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