Read A BUILDER. of Shapes of Clay, free online book, by Ambrose Bierce, on ReadCentral.com.

  I saw the devil ­he was working free: 
  A customs-house he builded by the sea. 
  “Why do you this?” The devil raised his head;
  “Churches and courts I’ve built enough,” he said.

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