In one story by this man, a character quotes Herbert Spencer's definition of lifeand concludes that "consciousness is the creature of rhythm".
In one story by this man, a character quotes Herbert Spencer's definition of lifeand concludes that "consciousness is the creature of rhythm". The protagonist ofanother story by this author remembers that all famous marksmen had gray eyes aftera (+) sentinel's shot missed him. One of his characters uses the example of the rootsof a eucalyptus tree looking for water to prove that plants think, and the narrator of that work is saved from a burning house by the metal worker Haley after the death of the title character. This man, who wrote of a (*) chess-playing robot in Moxon's Master, wrote of a protagonist being told of a large amount of driftwood against a wooden pier that would "burn like tow" by a Federal scout before dreaming of his escape. For ten points, name this man who wrote about the hanging of Peyton Fahrquhar in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
In one story by this man, a character quotes Herbert Spencer's definition of lifeand concludes that "consciousness is the creature of rhythm".
Ambrose Bierce