Hello Twain scholars. I am working on a book for Hachette about Helen Keller’s political crusades and I have been researching Twain’s friendship with HK. In the course of my research, I have frequently come across an alleged Twain quote about Olivia Langdon but I have not been able to track down a primary source in any credible biography or Twain quotation database. It makes me wonder if the quotation is perhaps linked to one dubious original source or whether it has a genuine root in an obscure Twain speech or letter. To quote from one example: “Through his marriage to the liberal activist Olivia Langdon, Twain came into close contact with a wider range of radical circles: ‘socialists, principled atheists and activists for women’s rights and social equality’ is how he described them.” Does this sound at all familiar? Thanks very much. - Max Wallace