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All-time leader56.0Theodor Herzl
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Ambrose Bierce

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Theodor Herzl

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All-time score 56.0, ahead of Ambrose Bierce by 4.1.

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  2. 5thMelvil DeweyJournalists47.7
  3. 6thWilliam Lloyd GarrisonJournalists45.8
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  5. 8thEdwin ArnoldJournalists45.7
  6. 9thJean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrJournalists45.6
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