Name: Mark Twain, A Biography: The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
ISBN: 1470095661

Mark Twain, A Biography: The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

By Albert Bigelow Paine 14 Jan, 2019

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Excerpt....First, I want to confess how I have envied you your association with Mark Twain in those days when you and he “went gipsying, a long time ago.” Next, I want to express my wonder at your willingness to give me so unstintedly from your precious letters and memories, when it is in the nature of man to hoard such treasures, for himself and for those who follow him. And, lastly, I want to tell you that I do not envy you so much, any more, for in these chapters, one after another, through your grace, I have gone gipsying with you all. Neither do I wonder now, for I have come to know that out of your love for him grew that greater unselfishness (or divine selfishness, as he himself might have termed it), and that nothing short of the fullest you could do for his memory would have contented your hearts. Less

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