I hope it isn't a snake. In thiseditorial Clemens endeavored to pay something of his debt to the noblestatesman. The description fits, such as it is. He looked twice the man he had been when he arrived in Cairo, and for the first time I saw the resemblance between him and the man he confronted.
It was awful low-down in Dan. I want to see Grandfather's tomb. Whether he makes it to Cairo is another matter. With the exception of the dinnerspeech made to the printers in Keokuk, it was his first public utterance--the beginning of a lifelong series of triumphs.
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