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From Lethal Passage: the Story of a Gun, by Erik Larson

PASSION

"The passion for lethality suffuses the process through which guns and ammunition are conceived and made.."

From Chapter 12, The Culture

Daily Dose

From The Unvanquished, by William Faulkner

CUSSED

"The bullet went through the flesh of the inner side of the arm that had the rheumatism; that was why Uncle Buck cussed so bad: he said the rheumatism was bad enough, and the bullet was bad enough, but to have them both at once was too much for any man."

From Vendee, 2