Hey, Scott. I think the letter is to an editor, requesting last minute edits to the essay “About Play-Acting” in which you will find the line you quote. - MS > On Aug 20, 2024, at 11:02 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I found this quote in the August 11, 1898 entry in Day By Day: > > “And in still another panic of fright we have this same tough Civilization saving its Honor by condemning an innocent man to multiform death & hugging & whitewashing the guilty one” [MTP; Aug 3 to Rogers]. > > The test of the letter is not readily available and I am wondering if this was in regards to Dreyfus. > > -- > /*Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado*/ > > Visit B. Scott Holmes <https://bscottholmes.com> > Twain's Geography <https://twainsgeography.com>