BOUNTY, N. The Liberality Of One Who Has Much, In Permitting One Who Has Nothing To Get All That He Can.

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BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who
has nothing to get all that he can.

A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects
every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal
instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His
creatures.
Henry Ward Beecher
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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