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LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1099
Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius

A Cynic Looks at Life
Ambrose Bierce

HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY
GIRARD, KANSAS
Copyright, 1912, by
The Neale Publishing Company
Reprinted by Special Arrangement With
Albert and Charles Boni, New York
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE


CIVILIZATION

I
The question "Does civilization civilize?" is a fine example of _petitio
principii_, and decides itself in the affirmative; for civilization must
needs do that from the doing of which it has its name. But it is not
necessary to suppose that he who propounds is either unconscious of his
lapse in logic or desirous of digging a pitfall for the feet of those
who discuss; I take it he simply wishes to put the matter in an
impressive way, and relies upon a certain degree of intelligence in the
interpretation.
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