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...Salvation lies in recognizing that the state does affect social behavior, and in channeling government efforts toward creating a "public spiritedness," a "national character." Will's eloquently delivered thesis seems at first convincing; who could support "material self-interest" over "public spiritedness"? But unlike the composer whom Mark Twain described as "better than he sounds," Will sounds better than...
Benito Mussolini, Napoleon, Louis XIV and Alexander the Great were all cat haters. Abraham Lincoln, Albert Schweitzer, Victor Hugo and Mark Twain were all cat lovers. I much prefer the company of the latter group...
...life when he lamented that he had "hardly a warm personal enemy left." Naturally, such violence is not for everyone. It takes a person of extremely bad temper, a truly unredeemable sourpuss, to feel comfortable with insults, to take deep pleasure in things like Mark Twain's observation that Wagner's music is better than it sounds, for example, or in Ben Franklin's letter to a new-found adversary...
...Students work at their own speed, completing workbooks every three to four weeks. They are not allowed to proceed unless they score at least 80% on tests of each packet they complete. Sample English lesson: "It is a great tragedy that as talented a man as Mark Twain could never find peace with God instead of fighting...
...loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean," wrote Mark Twain about Hawaii in 1908. Time has not altered that verdict. The palm trees still sway in the cool breezes, the Pacific surf still spills across powdery white beaches, and the scent of lei still perfumes the air. Yet amid its travel-brochure lushness, Hawaii is struggling to cope with a surge in crime, a slump in tourism and the social strains caused by two decades of rapid growth. Laments Honolulu Mayor Eileen Anderson: "We've lost the feeling of 'Aloha' for one another...