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The Justice and His Accuser The Policeman and the Citizen The Highwayman and the Traveller A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: “Your money or your life!” “My good friend,” said the Traveller, “according to the terms of your demand my money will save my life, my life my money; you imply you will take one or the other, but not both. If that is what you mean, please be good enough to take my life.” “That is not what I mean,” said the Highwayman; “you cannot save your money by giving up your life.” “Then take it, anyhow,” the Traveller said. “If it will not save my money, it is good for nothing.” The Highwayman was so pleased with the Traveller’s philosophy and wit that he took him into partnership, and this splendid combination of talent started a newspaper. Contents The Justice and His Accuser The Policeman and the Citizen
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The Highwayman and the Traveller A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: “Your money or your life!” “My good friend,” said the Traveller, “according to the terms of your demand my money will save my life, my life my money; you imply you will take one or the other, but not both. If that is what you mean, please be good enough to take my life.” “That is not what I mean,” said the Highwayman; “you cannot save your money by giving up your life.” “Then take it, anyhow,” the Traveller said. “If it will not save my money, it is good for nothing.” The Highwayman was so pleased with the Traveller’s philosophy and wit that he took him into partnership, and this splendid combination of talent started a newspaper.
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The Highwayman and the Traveller
A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: “Your money or your life!”
“My good friend,” said the Traveller, “according to the terms of your demand my money will save my life, my life my money; you imply you will take one or the other, but not both. If that is what you mean, please be good enough to take my life.”
“That is not what I mean,” said the Highwayman; “you cannot save your money by giving up your life.”
“Then take it, anyhow,” the Traveller said. “If it will not save my money, it is good for nothing.”
The Highwayman was so pleased with the Traveller’s philosophy and wit that he took him into partnership, and this splendid combination of talent started a newspaper.
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Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Highwayman and the Traveller
- Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Highwayman and the Traveller
TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
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Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
