Expense
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riddle
Although it's true that 'the pen is mightier than the sword,' without my first, the pen becomes ineffective. Long ago, my second was a dark water into which an innocent victim was thrown, the hero of a famous song. My whole contains the works of many mighty brains, filled with prose and verse, yet often tinged with bitterness.
Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
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