On one ofhis many voyages to America, he was sitting on deck in a steamer-chairwhen two little girls stopped before him. I got to working out geological periods,trying to think of some way to comprehend them, and then astronomicalperiods. We are all likethat. Lucy; and having tea with Lady Stanley in the afternoon,and being elaborately dined next day at Dorchester House by Ambassadorand Mrs.
) -- [this last line appears inTwain's published speeches and may have been added later. Clemens'sgeneral habits of body and mind were probably not such as to delay itsprogress; furthermore, there had bef d me that if it was possible to save the thing he would do so if only on account of my sentiment in the matter. It enables them tofoist upon the country officials whom no self-respecting man would votefor if he could
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