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Letters from the Earth

by Mark Twain

An unabridged, unaltered edition, to include the Prologue, and all 11 Letters with footnotes -

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“All emotion is involuntary when genuine.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: emotions, Genuine, Feelings

“Presently a serpent sought them out privately, and came to them walking upright, which was the way of serpents in those days. The serpent said the forbidden fruit would store their vacant minds with knowledge. So they ate it, which was quite natural, for man is so made that he eagerly wants to know;…”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: folklore, Genesis, serpent, Temptation, Resistance

“Do not bring your dog. (advice for attending a funeral)”

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Tagged: humor, Funny, Dogs, funerals, funeral

“More men go to church than want to.”

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Tagged: Man, stupidity, Worth, Value, God

“Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at is worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm. Yet he blandly and in all sincerity calls himself the 'noblest work of God.'”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: Man, stupidity, Worth, Value, God

“Now there you have a sample of man’s ‘reasoning powers,’ as he calls them. He observes certain facts. For instance, that in all his life he never sees the day that he can satisfy one woman; also, that no woman ever sees the day that she can’t overwork, and defeat, and put out of commission any ten m…”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: Reason, Man, humanity, Animals, gender

“Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: Reason, Man, humanity, Animals, animal