Clemens had admired some picturesmade by Daniel Carter ( Dan ) Beard for a Chinese story in theCosmopolitan, and made up his mind that Beard was the man for the Yankee. I have written 12,000 words of this new narrative, & find that the humor flows as easily as the adventures & surprises--so I shall go along and make a book of from 50,000 to 100,000 words. outed, Where'syour Star-spangled Banner? and when England's Prime Minister-Campbell-Bannerman--came forward The first reason is, that it is in the nature of man to wanta definite something to love, honor, reverently look up to and obey; aGod and King, for example.
In one of his dictations he said:I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do notpossess in either a small or a large way. Another play of that year was a dramatization of Huckleberry Finn, by LeeArthur. On the26th of May he makes this memorandum: It is curious and dreadful to sit up in this way and talk cheerful nonsense to General Grant, and he under sentence of death with that cancer. AMERICAN CLAIMANT (with W.
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