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Roughing It

For modern-day adventurers exploring the roots of the old west. Part fact, part fiction, Mark Twain’s Roughing It takes readers on a high-spirited journey from Missouri to Nevada, California to Hawaii. Travel via stagecoach through

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“No California gentleman or lady ever abuses or oppresses a Chinaman, under any circumstances, an explanation that seems to be much needed in the east. Only the scum of the population do it; they and their children. They, and, naturally and consistently, the policemen and politicians, likewise, for t…”

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“A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.”

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“All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is…”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: Angels, Purity, Fine, Thoughts, Heaven

“I freighted a leaf with a mental message for the friends at home, and dropped it in the stream. But I put no stamp on it and it was held for postage somewhere.”

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Tagged: Nature, experiences in nature, Friendship, Friends, messages

“I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

Tagged: exaggeration, Lies, Truth, Meaning, Honesty