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Doom. Conclusion The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson By Mark Twain Samuel L. Clemens 1894 HARTFORD, CONN. AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8 Copyright, 1894, by OLIVIA L. CLEMENS All Rights Reserved Th…
Pudd’nhead Wins His Name. Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. The scene of this chronicle is the town of Dawson’s Landing, on the Missouri side of the Mississip…
Driscoll Spares His Slaves. Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the …
Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick. Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the…
The Ways of the Changelings. Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was, that they escaped teething. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. There is this trouble about special providences—na…
The Twins Thrill Dawson’s Landing. Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. Remark of Dr…
Swimming in Glory. Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any m…
The Unknown Nymph. One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. The company broke up reluctantly, and drifted toward…
Marse Tom Tramples His Chance. The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. —Pudd’n…
Tom Practises Sycophancy. Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. —Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar. It is easy to find fault, if one h…
