The Letters Of Mark Twain, Complete


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Man is commanded to do so-and-so. It has been ordained from the  
beginning of time that some men shan't and others can't.  
These are to be blamed: let them be damned.  
I enjoy the Colonel very much, and shall enjoy the rest of him with an  
obscene delight.  
Joe, the whole tribe shout love to you and yours!  
MARK.  
We have not heard of Joe Goodman since the trying days of '90 and  
'91, when he was seeking to promote the fortunes of the type-setting  
machine. Goodman, meantime, who had in turn been miner, printer,  
publisher, and farmer; had been devoting his energies and genius to  
something entirely new: he had been translating the prehistoric  
Mayan inscriptions of Yucatan, and with such success that his work  
was elaborately published by an association of British scientists.  
In due time a copy of this publication came to Clemens, who was full  
of admiration of the great achievement.  
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