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...terms of describing bourgeois Americanlife, he is our Mark "Twain," Said Senior Lectureron English and American Literature and LanguageMichael C. Blumenthal...
...ACLU president said the Supreme Court is rewriting constitutional history at will. Strossen in voked Mark Twain in her criticism of the court. "No one is safe while they are in session," she quoted...
...make damn fools of themselves has been an inspiration to reformers and parodists alike. In 1794 Thomas Jefferson, who was easily shocked by the depths to which other politicians could sink, denounced the "shameless corruption" he had witnessed in the First and Second Congresses. A century later, Mark Twain, who was not so easily shocked, insisted there was no such thing as a "distinctively native American criminal class, except Congress." In 1906 Henry Adams, whose own father and grandfather had served in the House of Representatives, somewhat disapprovingly quoted a Cabinet member as follows: "You can't use tact with...
...special bond with Keillor. Midwesterners like myself seem to swell with pride at having produced such a talented man from the potato fields of Minnesota. It is as if we are desperately insecure about our contribution to national culture and politics. Ours is the birthplace of Lincoln and Twain-but they're dead now and we need someone new, I guess. Someone to tell our stories and sing our praises...
...libraries. On writing letters. On spelling. There is even a chapter of particular significance for those of us inclined to prolixity, grandiloquence or verbosity: "The Case for Short Words," focusing on the impact of the monosyllable. There are chapters on people like T.S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll and Mark Twain, who wove innumerable new strands into the "Loom of Literature." In fact, Lederer broaches almost every subject concerning the English language...