Shapes of Clay

by Ambrose Bierce


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A LACKING FACTOR


A LACKING FACTOR.

"You acted unwisely," I cried, "as you see
By the outcome." He calmly eyed me:
"When choosing the course of my action," said he,
"I had not the outcome to guide me."

 

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