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      by LovelyMay Chapter M opens with Bierce’s sardonic interpretation of Mace, not as an ornamental staff of office, but as a relic of violence disguised in symbolism. Once wielded to physically crush opposition, it now merely represents authority—yet the threat it implies has not vanished. Bierce suggests that all symbols of power retain traces of their brutal origins, no matter how ceremonial they appear today. This observation invites reflection on how civilization dresses violence in the robes of civility. The…
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