At 06:12 PM 2/22/97 EST, T.R. posted a review by Bruce Michelson of Camfield's book .. _Sentimental Twain: Samuel Clemens in the Maze of Moral >Philosophy_. > In other words, Twain's collision with determinism and the various >permutations of post-Darwinist thought -- as exemplified by Spencer, Fiske, >William Graham Sumner, and others -- led him into unstable practice as >either sentimentalist or antisentimentalist. ] I feel you all wanted me to post something in March and resume silence. I respect your good judgement!! "Unstable practice..." The "Moral Sense" bothered Mr. Twain as it was mis-used by all. Eric Hoffer (b. 1902) wrote,"Moral indignation permits envy and hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue." and "Many of the insights of a saint stem from his experiences as a sinner." Darwin might agree, the first creature to walk on land was a bad sinner by somestandards. "When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each another." a last from Eric Hoffer, San Francisco Longshoreman. And "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin..." "Don't give me quotations. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." --Emerson "Between us, Kipling and know everything. He knows all there is to know, and I know everything else." --Mr. Twain Mike