On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Is Twain referring to an extant document in his Jan. 29, '01 letter to
> Twichell?  "my own Private Philosophy--which Livy won't allow me to
> publish . . . I planned it 15 years ago, and wrote it in '98.  I've often
> tried to read it to Livy, but she won't have it; it makes her
> melancholy.  The truth always has that effect on people. . . . " (_M.T.'s
> Weapons of Satire_, 20-21)
>
> thanks, larry marshburne              [log in to unmask]
>

Yes, *What Is Man?* See *What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings,*
ed. Paul Baender (UCPress, 1973), p. 16, which cites this letter and of
course gives a lot more information about the documents behind the
published form of the text.

Bob Hirst
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