Social Commentaries
A Lacking Factor
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
"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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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Lacking Factor.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/276/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Lacking Factor.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/276/.
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