The collected works of Ambrose Bierce

Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)

VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY

VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Erudition, n.

[So wide his erudition's mighty span]

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Erudition, n.

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Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

[So wide his erudition's mighty span]

So wide his erudition's mighty span,
He knew Creation's origin and plan
And only came by accident to grief—
He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief.

Romach Pute.

University of Virginia Library

Erudition, n.

[So wide his erudition's mighty span]