plus there is a statue of White on the campus. As it turns out, just this morning (coincidence!) I am finishing up my contribution to the MTA special issue on Twain and nature, discussing science and Darwinism, and White does make an appearance in it -- as he should...


I don't recall how many times MT made it up there to Ithaca and the campus but it was more than a few, as I recall.  I vaguely recall a librarian at Cornell who did a study of that, a really interesting composite of all the MT-Cornell connections:  who was that?? maybe at one of the MT summer conferences?


nota bene:  for those who get to Elmira and/or fellows staying at Quarry Farm, etc.:  if you have a car be sure to spend a day at Cornell.  It  certainly is one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen -- maybe the most beautiful.  That's coming from a guy who studied in Bloomington IN, by the way.  You will not be disappointed...


The other thing is a walk through Watkins Glen canyon:  wow!


Dr. Hal Bush

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Saint Louis University

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From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Steve Courtney <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 8:06:20 AM
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Clemens's clerical pal, the Rev. Joe Twichell of Hartford, was often at Cornell to preach (because of his longtime friendship with Cornell benefactor Dean Sage) and was a good friend of White's. In 1905, after services at Sage Chapel, Twichell and White lunched and discussed Clemens's "What is Man?"-- the book Clemens called his "private gospel."


Albert Bigelow Paine, in his biography, described Clemens's attitude toward the science vs. religion book -- you can read it here:


https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ebooks.adelaide.edu.au_t_twain_mark_paine_chapter282.html&d=DwIFAw&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=f7i-Uq4rMQU8-TBe45qVLg&m=izgHp6EukARo9U7casDAUqrW2kypSl6BbPkSmTf3R8o&s=sLxa-PHzl6ddrrnyC5hCFv2JzJg2enbX1TmPEN4kpJM&e=


Cheers,

Steve


Steve Courtney
Curatorial Special Projects Coordinator
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
860-302-8969



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Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 5:32 PM
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Mark Twain owned a copy of White's _A History of the Warfare of Science
with Theology in Christendom._.  A two-volume set published in 1901.  The
volumes are filled with his marginalia. Among such comments are "Doubtless
theology & dysentery are two of the most enervating diseases a person can
have"  and also referred to the works as "most amusing." These volumes are
in the Mark Twain Papers at Berkeley. The books are considered to be the
main inspiration for the final chapters of "The Secret History of
Eddypus."  Alan Gribben's _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_ reprints
the text of Twain's marginalia.

Barb