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Subject: Re: Mark Twain Attribution?
From: Larry Marshburne <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:59:46 -0500
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It's definitely Twain & German, but it may be "drink" not "beer".  I remember reading it recently.  Based on what I've been reading lately I think it's in his (Cal. edition) notebook written while he was on his _Tramp Abroad_ tour.

larry marshburne              [log in to unmask]

>>> Stephen Railton <[log in to unmask]> 01/10/00 12:36PM >>>
 'I would rather decline a beer than a
Latin noun.'  Could you verify/correct this quote?
        It rings a bell (though I wonder if it wasn't about
German rather than Latin?) but I can't say for sure if it's
the real McTwain.

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