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“It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.”

Quote by Mark Twain

Book:Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays

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Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays

This compilation includes a selection of Mark Twain's most notable essays, offering insights into his perspectives on various societal issues and his distinctive literary style. more

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Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a renowned American author and humorist in the 19th century. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and profound social insight, with notable novels such as 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. more

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Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

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“For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort of Middle-Age night & slaverly which would last till Christ comes again - which I hope he will not do; he made trouble enough before.”

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Book:Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910

Source: Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910

“It is easy to see that the inventor of the heaven did not originate the idea, but copied it from the show-ceremonies of some sorry little sovereign State up in the back settlements of the Orient somewhere.”

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Book:The Bible According to Mark Twain

Source: The Bible According to Mark Twain

“The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.”

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Book:Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The NewSouth Edition

Source: Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The NewSouth Edition

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“When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction.”

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Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

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Book:The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Source: The Diaries of Adam and Eve

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