RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead. (Ambrose Bierce)

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

Ambrose Bierce

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