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Ambrose Bierce, The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories Quotes: So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both. What wealth!
         

So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both. What wealth!


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So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both. What wealth!
         



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