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Essay Archive - Mark Twain's Speeches
Mark Twain's Speeches
MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHES
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 one sitting, and then abuse me for making
him sick, I would say that he deserved to be made sick for not knowing any
better how to utilize the blessings this world affords. And if I sell to
the reader this volume of nonsense, and he, instea....
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