Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
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... In 2010 Mark Twain's racial makeup was 97.8% Black, 1.0% White, 0.2% Native American, and 0.9% Two or More Races ...
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“It is easier to stay out than get out.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“What do you think of the human mind? I mean, in case you think there is a human mind.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother.... Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can’t even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.”
—Norman Douglas (1868–1952)