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"Ill risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county."
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Mark TwainA powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those — Mark Twain
"A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt."
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called
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"I dont see no pints about that frog thats any bettern any other frog."
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"He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
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"He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty."
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"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough."
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"I havent a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever."
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