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Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914

was an US author and satirist

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.

( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )

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