I do realize the bold, if not arrogant, attempt in "knowing" what Twain's motives were. Yet, I cannot help but think he wanted his readers to know and therefore it is possible to get beyond our predilections. Is it possible he made so many "miscalculations" and false starts because he hoped it would stimulate the reader to delve further into what he was saying? After twenty years of studying his writings it has come to my attention that when the meaning of the words he used is paid attention to, instead of our preconceived notions, a whole world opens and his motive becomes concretized and singular. When Howells predicted Twain would one day be venerated along with the greatest writers of all time, it seems he knew something beyond the mere copy. It is time for a new scholarship or at least fresh eyes and both can be gifted when one falls in love with the word. Interestingly the word "love" means "nothing" while at same time meaning "God." It also states, "we had a perfect love of a sounding boat.-Mark Twain." Boat is "split," the vary definition of "twain," and "the practice of making a boat by hollowing out a tree trunk." When looking up the word "code" it begins, "split block of wood, trunk of a tree." The word "caber" follows, "young trunk of a tree" and "rafter." What a "caper," huh? As someone much wiser than we mere mortals once said (paraphrased), "if humor is to last forever, it must teach and preach." Will we who lay claim for the love of this genius lay our cap and bells aside long enough to be humbled and recognize we too are of the human race? Race is "the course of life."