What is Man? and other Essays by Mark Twain

CONTENTS What Is Man? The Death of Jean The Turning-Point of My Life How to Make History Dates Stick The Memorable Assassination A Scrap of Curious History Switzerland, the Cradle of Liberty At the Shrine of St. Wagner William

What Is Man? by Mark Twain

O.M. You were cordially glad you were not caught out and incapable? Y.M. Oh, I just was! O.M. Now, then– Y.M. Stop where you are! I know your whole catalog of questions, and I could answer every one of them without your wasting the time to ask them; but I will summarize the whole thing

Those Extraordinary Twins by Mark Twain

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The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

Soon there came a youth strolling toward us through the trees, and he sat down and began to talk in a friendly way, just as if he knew us. But we did not answer him, for he was a stranger and we were not used to strangers and were shy of them.

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain

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The Letters Of Mark Twain, Vol 6

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The Letters Of Mark Twain, Vol 5

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN’S LETTERS 1901-1906 ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE VOLUME V. XL LETTERS OF 1901, CHIEFLY TO TWICHELL. MARK TWAIN AS A REFORMER. SUMMER AT SARANAC. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY An editorial in the Louisville Courier-Journal, early in 1901, said: “A remarkable transformation, or rather a