Clemens's clerical pal, the Rev. Joe Twichell of Hartford, was often at Cornell to preach (because of his longtime friendship with Cornell benefactor Dean Sage) and was a good friend of White's. In 1905, after services at Sage Chapel, Twichell and White lunched and discussed Clemens's "What is Man?"-- the book Clemens called his "private gospel."


Albert Bigelow Paine, in his biography, described Clemens's attitude toward the science vs. religion book -- you can read it here:


https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/paine/chapter282.html


Cheers,

Steve


Steve Courtney
Curatorial Special Projects Coordinator
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
860-302-8969



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From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 5:32 PM
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Mark Twain owned a copy of White's _A History of the Warfare of Science
with Theology in Christendom._.  A two-volume set published in 1901.  The
volumes are filled with his marginalia. Among such comments are "Doubtless
theology & dysentery are two of the most enervating diseases a person can
have"  and also referred to the works as "most amusing." These volumes are
in the Mark Twain Papers at Berkeley. The books are considered to be the
main inspiration for the final chapters of "The Secret History of
Eddypus."  Alan Gribben's _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_ reprints
the text of Twain's marginalia.

Barb