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/ OPTIMIST:                               \
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| A proponent of the belief that black is |
| white.                                  |
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| A pessimist asked God for relief.       |
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| "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope   |
| and cheerfulness," said God.            |
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| "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish   |
| you to create something that would      |
| justify them."                          |
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| "The world is all created," said God,   |
| "but you have overlooked something --   |
| the mortality of the optimist."         |
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| -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's         |
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