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course, was deeply concerned and naturally overjoyed at Grant's
interest. A day or two following the return to Hartford, Clemens
received a letter from General Grant, in which he wrote: "Li Hung
Chang is the most powerful and most influential Chinaman in his
country. He professed great friendship for me when I was there, and
I have had assurances of the same thing since. I hope, if he is
strong enough with his government, that the decision to withdraw the
Chinese students from this country may be changed."
But perhaps Li Hung Chang was experiencing one of his partial
eclipses just then, or possibly he was not interested, for the
Hartford Mission did not survive.
XXI. LETTERS 1881, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. ASSISTING A YOUNG
SCULPTOR.
LITERARY PLANS.
With all of Mark Twain's admiration for Grant, he had
opposed him as a third-term President and approved of the
nomination of Garfield. He had made speeches for Garfield
during the campaign just ended, and had been otherwise
active in his support. Upon Garfield's election, however,
he felt himself entitled to no special favor, and the single
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