I first saw her near 37 years ago, & now I have looked upon her face for the last time. Indeed,the Defense of Harriet Shelly, with those early chapters of Joan atFlorence, maybe counted as the beginning for Mark Twain of a genuineliterary renaissance. I believed that he knew more than any person I had met before, and I knew that he knew that I knew I regard Mark Twain as theforemost humorist of the age.
uggle between his heartand his conscience concerning the sin of Jim's concealment, and his finaldecision of self-sacrifice. It is not an improvement. Clemens had somedisturbance of the heart. With grave politeness he opened the door, made a low bow, and steppedback and said: Walk in, gentlemen.
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