To the person sitting in darkness6/21/2023 Concerning the Jews Stormfield and Goldstein. They may be good people The true religion The internal machine Why don't they rob their churches? If I were a Roman. A word of encouragement for our blushing exiles. The caravan At Galilee Disgraceful persecution of a boy A defence of General Funston A humane word from Satan The United States of Lyncherdom Banquet for a senator Comments on the killing of 600 Moros. Loeb's incredible discovery The dervish and the offensive stranger Does the race of man love a Lord? The war prayer Reflections on being the delight of God. To the person sitting in darkness Corn-pone opinions My first lie and how I got out of it About smells As regards patriotism Bible teaching and religious practice Dr. In these angry and hilarious selections (mostly written in the early years of the twentieth century), many of them long out of print and some appearing in book form for the first time, we find Mark Twain in the role of satirist and bitter critic of social injustice, rather than the better known one of gentle humorist and storyteller. It presents a side of his genius that has been largely neglected by present-day critics and editors. This volume reveals Mark Twain's deep concern for the human race, whether persecuted, persecuting, corrupt, corrupting, or damned.
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