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...Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor of the Clemens family in Hartford, and the collaboration sprang from their wive's challenge and encouragement). The title, The Gilded Age became synonymous with graft, materialism and corruption in public life, which are well repres...

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...ncroaching males, and other prides. Constantly absent from his own community-family, marking his territory with the scent of his macho-maleness. A... ...r its cubs to grow up: the young adolescent lions are banished from their own family; and forced to roam as wild outlaws and killers. Seeking to cas... ...e: while they are still regarded back home as ‘that upstart, who…’ As Samuel Clemens found out; when he returned to Hannibal Missouri; after becomin... ... no experience in how to raise our young… except the pure blind luck of which family-culture-set of values you happen to be exposed to. How els... ...k is obvious. A father or mother dying. Moving. A crisis. A tragedy in the family. An accident, etc. Yet how many psychologists or psychiatris... ... what they are doing and how they are raising their young is good or bad. No family, no community, no society, no culture bothers to go outside of ... ...rsening of affairs, and fought it, preached against it, and hated it. Samuel Clemens: better known as Mark Twain, knew it. Twain ranted about how ...

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...about gay rights be deleted?). For example, Prodigy sought a reputation as a family-friendly service and was more aggres- sive about deleting sensitiv... ...social theory that rejects the devaluation of community. In as- serting that family, friends, and social groups are important to the good life, commun... ...derstandings comprehend a wider subject than the individual alone, whether a family or tribe or city or class or nation or people, to this extent they... ...l law scholar Laurence T ribe was distressed when a statement he posted on a family Web site became the sub- ject of public attention. R, T N... ...offs with, 33 trusted systems, 105 T ushman, Michael, 24 T wain, Mark (Samuel Clemens), 212, 213 two-factor authentication, 53 typewriters, “smart,” 15...

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...ndred and seven, do hereby extend our heartfelt sym- l)athy to him and his family in thoir boro»vemont; and. further, bo it Resolved, That a copy of t... ...r, bo it Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions bo sent to him and his family, and (hat a cojiy of the same bo ijublisiied in The Will- iams Recor... ... he claimed to be the source and cause of most of man's degradation and of family distress. He employed his utmost endeav- ors to induce those who fre... ...y to peace, resulting in increased prosperity, the intro- duction of a new family life and the building of chnrohes; fur- thermore, former virtues, th... ...ndred and eight, do hereby extend our most sincere sympathy to him and his family in their bereovement; and, fur- ther, he it Resolved, That n copy of... ...ormer years. Byard '08 was the presiding offi- cer. Asst.-Prof. Lewis, Mr. Clemens, and Mr. Morgan acted as judges. Funeral of Mrs. Mears The funeral ...

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... Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...nic transmission, in any way. Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...rd any. How do they talk about me these days?” “Who?” “The farmers — and the family.” “Why, they don’t talk about you at all — at least only just a me... ... enough!” he says. “Wasn’t you expect ing we would be the first to tell the family who it is that’s been killed yonder in the sycamores, and all abou... ...u one thing that’s mighty curious. Up to the time we went out last night the family hadn’t heard about Jake Dunlap being murdered. Now the men that ch... ...ad knowed him before, and he didn’t let on that he had knowed us before. The family talked their troubles out before him the same as if he wasn’t ther... ... he was a murderer and the mark of Cain was on him, and he had disgraced his family and was going to be found out and hung. But Tom said: “No, you ain...

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Excerpt: Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...tronic transmission, in any way. Tome Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ... and not deserving of the full penalties of the law and leaving behind me a family that must starve and yet hadn’t had a thing to do with it, which... ...ky and lost, and it’s wet and lonesome, and there’s just been a death in the family. We set there huddled up in the bow, and talked low about the poor...

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Excerpt: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...nsmission, in any way. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...ty University. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E Most of the adventures recorded in this book reall... ...pon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family worship: it began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid ... ...in five minutes he was dressed and down stairs, feeling sore and drowsy. The family were still at table, but they had fin ished breakfast. There was ... ...s, a couple of sun perch and a small catfish — provisions enough for quite a family. They fried the fish with the ba con, and were astonished; for no... ...le town that same tranquil Saturday afternoon. The Harpers, and Aunt Polly’s family, were being put into mourning, with great grief and many tears. A... ...nd then Aunt Polly entered, followed by Sid and Mary, and they by the Harper family, all in deep black, and the whole congregation, the old minister a...

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... A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Sam... ...onsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Sam... ...ennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. 3 A Tramp Abroad A TRAMP ABROAD By Mark Twain (Sam... ...nt down for a look. If you’ll believe me, when his head come up again he was just pale with rage. He says, ‘I’ve shoveled acorns enough in there to ke... ...ark you one thing: in my fall the world shall see how the chivalry of France meets death.” After a long silence he asked: “Was nothing said about that... ... centuries ago, and also bearing rudely painted effi- gies of themselves and their families tricked out in the queer costumes of those days. The head ... ...beyond him extended a sharply receding and diminishing row of sons; facing him sat his wife, and beyond her extended a low row of diminishing daughter... ...n a cottage. A woman lets drink a child out of a cup.” “St. John’s head as a boy—painted in fresco on a brick.” (Meaning a tile.) “A young man of the ...

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Excerpt: The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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... The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ... sion, in any way. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...hey used to look down upon Dante, and mutely asking me to adopt them into my family, which I do with pleasure, for my remotest ancestors are but sprin... ...ent the scandal—for public sentiment did not approve of that way of treating family servants for light cause or for no cause. Percy Driscoll had worn ... ... empty for a year now, to her sorrow. Her income was only sufficient for the family support, and she needed the lodging money for trifling luxuries. B... ...r she was to have two lodgers instead of one. She had read the letter to the family, and Rowena had danced away to see to the cleaning and airing of t... ...l had lights burning. The rain and thunder were booming yet, and the anxious family were still waiting, still hoping. At last there was a knock at the...

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... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...ny way. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...sity. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT by MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) PREFACE THE UNGENTLE LAWS AND CUSTOMS touched upon in this t... ...n a reeking wallow in the middle of the main thorough fare and suckled her family. Presently there was a distant blare of military music; it came ne... ... of human nature: spiritual wants and instincts are as various in the human family as are physical appetites, com plexions, and features, and a man ... ...k on their lord the bishop’s road three days each — gratis; every head of a family, and every son of a family, three days each, gratis, and a day or ... ...xisted, who, with a free vote in every man’s hand, would elect that a single family and its descendants should reign over it forever, whether gifted o... ...e your slave, your —” “No you won’t, you won’t be anybody’s slave. Take your family and go along. Your lord the bishop will confiscate your small prop...

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Excerpt: What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L... ...emens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...ssion, in any way. What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Ha... ...her Essays 4 WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) WHAT IS MAN? I a. a. a. a. a. M M M M M an the M an... ... who loves peace and dreads pain, leaves his pleasant home and his weeping family and marches out to manfully expose himself to hunger, cold, wounds, ... ...tal comfort— for that is the sole low of his life . He leaves the weeping family behind; he is sorry to make them uncomfortable, but not sorry enough... ...t in deference to public opin ion he fought a duel. He deeply loved his family, but to buy public approval he treacherously deserted them and threw... ... having refused to fight. The teachings of religion, his devo tion to his family, his kindness of heart, his high principles, all went for nothing wh... ... OF J EAN C LEMENS occurred early in the morning of December 24, 1909. Mr. Clemens was in great stress of mind when I first saw him, but a few hours l...

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... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pe... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...Honorable Loorde P. Sealle hys synguler gode Lorde. To those good-mannered and agreeable children Susie and Clara Clemens this book is affectionately ... ...city of London, on a certain au tumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did... ... poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did... ... caring, either. But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just c... ...stonished at the wit and wisdom of his decisions. In fact he was become a hero to all who knew him except his own family— these, only, saw nothing in ... ...the prince; his special comrades were guards, chamberlains, equerries, lords and ladies in waiting, and the royal family. Daily the mock prince was re...

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... A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...electronic transmission, in any way. A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...In such a position as I hold in the military service one needs to be of good family and possess an education much above the common to be worthy of the... ...d in Vir ginia, but without success; she considered herself a member of the family, and wouldn’t go. And so, a member of the family she remained, and... ... we learned that Cathy was coming, she only changed from one division of the family to the other. She has the warm heart of her race, and its lavish ... ... had no chance, I have always had to work; besides, I am of low birth and no family. You speak my dia lect like a native, but you are not a Mexican P... ...are a gentleman, I can see that; and educated, of course.” “Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil.” “A which?” “Fossil. The first...

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... Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... .... Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...se as I glided away and singing out: “Ta ta! ta ta! Any word to send to your family?” Peters, it was a mistake. Yes, sir, I’ve often regretted that — ... ...is, on earth?” “No.” “W ell, a prince of the blood don’t belong to the royal family exactly, and he don’t belong to the mere nobility of the kingdom;... ...t mention it, Sandy,” says I, coloring up a little; “I wouldn’t have had the family see it for any amount you are a mind to name. Change the subject,... ...t calculating on doing anything re ally definite in that direction till the family come. I thought I would just look around, meantime, in a quiet way...

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...pp Set fire to the house They were trying Dr. Duval For the murder of Zora Clemens, And I sat in the court two weeks Listening to every witness. It wa... ...urt two weeks Listening to every witness. It was clear he had got her in a family And to let the child be born Would not do. Well, how about me with e... ... to ride it for a purpose, To use great feelings and passions of the human family For base designs, for cunning ends, To wear a mask like the Greek ac... ...girl. Then like a bolt old Rhodes accused me, And promised me mercy for my family’s sake If I confessed, and so I confessed, And begged him to keep it... ...king politics, Or sat at home reading Grant’s Memoirs; And I supported the family by washing, Learning the secrets of all the people From their curtai... ...vote Should get enough from the people’s betrayal To wall the whole of his family in. He vexed my life till I went back home And lived like an old mai...

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... Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Po... ...transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ...rsity. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] THE BODY OF THE NATION BUT THE BASIN OF THE M ISSISSIPPI i... ...od, for such was his nature, though he was sparing him now on account of his family, if he had one. Both of them was edging away in different directio... ...ys. I was now beginning to feel a strong sense of being a part of the boat’s family, a sort of infant son to the captain and younger brother to the of... ... body else had finished. I did not feel so much like a member of the boat’s family now as before. However, my spirits re turned, in installments, as... ...ase “as dark as the inside of a cow,” we should have eaten up a Posey County family, fruit, furniture, and all, but Life on the Mississippi Mark T ... ...tern, then, of course; and as we backed and filled to get away, the precious family stood in the light of it—both sexes and various ages—and cursed us...

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...VENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens) NOTICE Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative wil... ... and wrote it in. Then Ben Rogers says: “Here’s Huck Finn, he hain’t got no family; what you go ing to do ‘bout him?” “Well, hain’t he got a father... ... and they was going to rule me out, because they said every boy must have a family or some body to kill, or else it wouldn’t be fair and square for... ...couldn’t read, and she couldn’t write, nuther, before she died. None of the family couldn’t before THEY died. I can’t; and here you’re a swelling y... ...m up clean and nice, and had him to breakfast and dinner and supper with the family, and was just old pie HUCKLEBERRY FINN 17 to him, so to speak. An... ...cks. They all asked me questions, and I told them how pap and me and all the family was living on a little farm down at the bottom of Arkansaw, and my...

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... when they do need something extra, they don't mind helping themselves to it without recourse to money!)Huck and Jim have run-ins with desperados and family feuds and even manage to get run down by a steamboat. The adventures ratchet up when they are joined on the raft by a self-proclaimed duke and a king - shysters both, who spend their time in figuring how to fleece the ...

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...lication The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ... any way. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ... Mark Twain THE $30,000 BEQUEST and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) THE $30,000 BEQUEST CHAPTER I LAKESIDE WAS A PLEASANT LITTLE ... ...in the midst of her garden acre, paid half of the money down and moved her family in. Seven years later she was out of debt and had several hundred do... ... neighbors and furnish a general comradeship for her self and her growing family. She had an independent in come from safe investments of about a hu... ...names indicate that the tinge was an inheritance. It was an affec tionate family, hence all four of its members had pet names, Saladin’s was a curiou... ...ing news—joyous news, in fact. It came from a neighboring state, where the family’s only surviving relative lived. It was Sally’s relative—a sort of v... ...sort. 129 Mark Twain THE LETTER X———, California, JUNE 3, 1879. Mr. S. L. Clemens, HARTFORD, CONN.: DEAR S IR,—You will doubtless be surprised to kno... ...t will take. It will be like this: MR. H. How do her books strike you? MR. CLEMENS. I am not acquainted with them. H. Who has been her publisher? C. I...

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... The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...sion, in any way. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, ... ... of these men has been eavesdropping under the other one’s bed, and filching family secrets. If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it, I will remark...

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... the unfortunate King James II., in whom, as in most princes of the Stuart family, gran- deur and weakness were equally blended, and who, like them, a... ...rustrated of all their hopes in an instant. The small-pox getting into the family, one daughter died of it, another lost an eye, a third had a great n... ...with history, and fix an uncertain chronology. It is true that there is no family, city, or nation, but endeavours to remove its original as far backw... ...ecliptic was intersected in his time, by the same colure of the equinoxes. Clemens Alexandrinus informs us, that Chiron, who went with the Argonauts, ... ...baptism. This was casting the highest insult on the king and all the royal family; and as the English loved their prince at that time, they could not ...