Mark Twain's Speeches
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1906
by Mark Twain
PREFACE.
FROM THE PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF
"MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES."
If I were to sell the reader a barrel of molasses, and he, instead of
sweetening his substantial dinner with the same at judicious intervals,
should eat the entire barrel at ....
Middle of paper
.... injure himself by
means of either, or will derive from them the benefits which they will
afford him if he uses their possibilities judiciously.
Respectfully submitted,
THE AUTHOR.
THE STORY OF A SPEECH.
An address delivered in 1877, and a review of it twenty-nine years later.
The original speech was delivered at a dinner given by the publishers of
The Atlantic Monthly in honor of the ....
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Page count: 80 (approximately 250 words per page)
