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Subject: Punny Swastika in King Arthur's Court
From: Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:06:56 -0700
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I just noted a humorous use of a swastika in an illustration in
Connecticut Yankee (pg 128 - The Oxford Mark Twain).  It consists of
four arms and appears like a postage cancellation stamp with the motto
"Fore Warned is Four Armed".  Is this of Twain's doing or a whim of the
illustrator?

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