...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What ... ...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Ess... ...WHAT IS MAN? WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910) What Is Man and Other Essays ... ..., educa tion? Shall we call the stone engine a savage and the steel one a civilized man? The original rock contained the stuff of which the steel one... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...dit belongs to their Maker. They are entitled to no honors, no praises, no monuments when they die, no remembrance. One is a complex and elaborate mac... ...order. The mass of heads in the square were covered by gilt helmets and by military caps roofed with a mirror like gaze, and the movements of the wear... ...en; take a rugged old Tom that’s scarred from stem to rudder post with the memorials of strenuous experience, and is so cultured, so educated, so limi...

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... Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file,... ...versity is an equal opportunity University. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] THE BODY OF THE NATION BU... ...Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As a dwell ing place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe. EDITOR’S TABLE, HAR... ...t it. We do of course know that there are several comparatively old dates in American his tory, but the mere figures convey to our minds no just idea... ...e Arkansas (about a month out from their start ing point), where a tribe of war whooping savages swarmed out to meet and murder them; but they appeal... ...ave built on the land for offices and for the employes of the ser vice. The military engineers of the Commission have taken upon their shoulders the ... ...shington’s mouth, originally—artist should have built to that. These two are memorials of the long ago bridal trip to New Orleans and the French Marke... ...do not include the sums invested in burial grounds and expended in tombs and monuments, nor the loss from depreciation of property in the vicinity of ...

... the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that...