The first quote is his, I believe. I'll be interested in hearing whether anyone thought this was funny. I didn't! Arianne Laidlaw Sacramento On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:09 PM, John H. Muller < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/09/amazing-previously-unpublished-mark-twain-quotes.html > > -- > John Muller > 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask] > Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Huffington Post DC > *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of > Anacostia< > http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G > > > * [The History Press, 2012] - Winner of 2013 DC > READS<http://www.dclibrary.org/dcreads> > http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Douglassi > http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnMul > Forthcoming: "Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital > Correspondent" [The History Press, October 29, 2013] > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58