Peter, Larry, et al,

I'll have you Men and Women of Letters know that while you were all wasting
your time earning doctorates, I was doing extensive research into
pharmacopoeia. My work went on throughout the late 60s and well into the
70s. My honorary degree, honoris causa, was awarded by several reputable
drug rehabilitation institutions for my experiments covering a wide variety
of controlled substances, and as such, I stand in a field of merit without
exception. Twain may well have "experimented" with hasheesh, but we'll never
know for sure. We'll leave that to Andrew Hoffman.

Remember, do it once it's experimenting. Do it more often it's no longer
experimenting. It's semi-professional. 

Richard Talbot
"Independent" Mark Twain Scholar

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Kitty
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Countercultural Twain

No single experiment could yield valid results unless it is conducted over
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any years. There are too many strains of the stuff - and each affects the
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er differently

--- I have it from a reliable source.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Larry, I think I am correct is stating unequivocally that more than a few
> on this LIST have already performed that experiment.
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> More usefully:  the old Hoffman thesis about MT's possible sexual
> adventuring in the mining camps and then SF was based to a large extent
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> speculations about the "counter-cultures" already at work in those
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> What do we actually know about marijuana usage at the same time, and
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> same places?  For instance, as the reporter on theatre in SF, I would
> imagine that he was at least around the stuff, and knew the smell, etc.
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> just thinking out loud here, --Hal B.
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> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Lawrence Howe <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Peter--
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>> I don't know if this is true, but it might explain why some of my
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>> claim that Twain reads funnier under certain conditions.  Before anyone
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>> this list performs this experiment oneself,
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