On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote: > Is Twain referring to an extant document in his Jan. 29, '01 letter to > Twichell? "my own Private Philosophy--which Livy won't allow me to > publish . . . I planned it 15 years ago, and wrote it in '98. I've often > tried to read it to Livy, but she won't have it; it makes her > melancholy. The truth always has that effect on people. . . . " (_M.T.'s > Weapons of Satire_, 20-21) > > thanks, larry marshburne [log in to unmask] > Yes, *What Is Man?* See *What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings,* ed. Paul Baender (UCPress, 1973), p. 16, which cites this letter and of course gives a lot more information about the documents behind the published form of the text. Bob Hirst [log in to unmask]