Truly yours, MARK TWAIN. John Hayes Hammond, in a speech not long ago (1911),told how Mark Twain was interviewed by a reporter after he left th Stanley, both of whichoccurred that spring. Butagain he wrote:While I am deeply touched by the desire of my friends of Hannibal toconfer these great honors upon me I must still forbear to accept them.
Furthermore, he was beset byall the cranks and beggars in Christendom. Eachgame would contain one thousand facts, while the book would contain eightthousand; it would be a veritable encyclopedia. You pay the time-worn duty bills if you choose, or decline if you prefer--and without prejudice--for they are not legally collectable. nowing that sooner or later death will come, and that before death there will be catastrophes infinitely worse.
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