Thanks Rick, Terry, Bill, Carl.  You guys are uncanny! !    I've written a
play about MT, and in his scene with Winston Churchill the latter actually
argues (in support of England's Boer War exploits) "my country right or
wrong."   I wanted to add the burglar bit to Twain's reply.   (Trying to
have as much solid history as possible, so as to strengthen the fraudulent
parts).
Thanks again!

Michel L. Stone
STONE & SUTTON, P.A.
116 East Fourth Street
Panama City, Florida  32401
(850) 785-7272  office
(850) 785-7094   fax
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carl J. Chimi
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:52 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Unknown MT film footage?

Of course, "my country, right or wrong" is not the actual full quotation.
T= wain might perhaps have found the full quotation a bit more agreeable.

Carl

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On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:46 PM, "Cosgrove, William" <[log in to unmask]>
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>    The burglar quotation is from "Papers of the Adam Family" in 
>"Letters  =46rom the Earth," ed. Bernard DeVoto:
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> it better" (p. 98).
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>    Twain appears here to speaking of the occupation of the Philippines 
>by  the U. S. at the turn of the century, and he is ridiculing the 
>phrase,  "Our country, right or wrong."  And doing so quite 
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> Best regards,
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> Bill Cosgrove
> Professor Emeritus of English
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> North Dakota State University
> 6104 Tracy Ave. So.
> Edina, MN 55436
> 952-929-1393
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> Good site: www.brainpickings.org
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> On 9/10/13 4:50 PM, "Mike Stone" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Richard, the burglar quote is priceless!  Do you have a cite for that?
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>> Michel L. Stone
>> STONE & SUTTON, P.A.
>> 116 East Fourth Street
>> Panama City, Florida  32401
>> (850) 785-7272  office
>> (850) 785-7094   fax
>> [log in to unmask]
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rick 
>>Talbot=

>> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 12:49 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Unknown MT film footage?
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>> "'My country right or wrong.' "Why even a burglar couldn't have said 
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>> better."
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>> Richard Talbot
>> 1531 West Idaho Avenue
>> Falcon Heights, MN 55108-2118
>> (651) 646-6624
>> (651) 280 8734
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:30 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Unknown MT film footage?
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>> "War is the abomination of all abominations."
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Stone <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 11:53 am
>> Subject: Unknown MT film footage?
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>> What would MT have said about our current threat of war against Syria?
>> About our wars in the Middle East generally?
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