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Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.

—Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked...

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    Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.