I was told that they said that a 30-ton landau was not the thing for horses like those--what they needed was a wheelbarrow. I enjoy the Colonel very much, & shall enjoy the rest of him with an obscene delight. [Paine records Twain's thoughts in that magnificent essay: Was the World Made for Man published long after his death in the group of essays under the title Letters from the Earth. At no time in his life was he more variously concernedand employed than in his sixty-seventh year--matters social, literary,political, religious, financial, scientific.
I am trying to loaf ten solid days. Schlesinger spoke very littleEnglish, and Clemens always had difficulty in comprehending rapid-fireGerman. , somewhat laterin the year, gave to the press a clear statement of their publishingarrangement, though more particularly denying the report that GeneralGrant had been unable to complete his work. It was reported to Clemens later that there was some dispute as to theidentity of the Field birthplace.