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Ambrose Bierce

A Revivalist Revived

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A Revivalist who had fallen dead in the pulpit from too violent religious exercise was astonished to wake up in Hades. He promptly sent for the Adversary of Souls and demanded his freedom, explaining that he was entirely orthodox, and had always led a pious and holy life.

"That is all very true," said the Adversary, "but you taught by example that a verb should not agree with its subject in person and number, whereas the Good Book says that contention is worse than a dinner of herbs. You also tried to release the objective case from its thraldom to the preposition, and it is written that servants should obey their masters. You stay right here."

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Autor
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) · Wikidata Q191050
Título
A Revivalist Revived
Lengua
inglés
Forma
Fábula cínica
Colección
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Fuente
Project Gutenberg #374 — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/374/pg374.txt (transcripción de la ed. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Nueva York, «The Knickerbocker Press», 1899)
Nota
Fábula cínica. Bierce vacía la fábula esópica de su moraleja y la llena de interés propio.
Sala
La Prosa Breve
Identificador
a-revivalist-revived--bierce
Cita recomendada
Ambrose Bierce, «A Revivalist Revived», Poetósfera, poetosfera.com/p/a-revivalist-revived--bierce.html

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