Scott, Matt is correct that the quote is from "About Play-Acting". In the 3 Aug 1898 letter to HH Rogers, SLC asks Rogers to have Miss Harrison tear out and keep a copy of the article for him when it appears in publication. That quote itself is not in the 3 Aug 1898 letter to Rogers as published in MARK TWAIN'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HENRY HUTTLESTON ROGERS. Here is a link to the essay https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/about-play-acting/ Barb On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM Matt Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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> >