I was drowned seven times after that before
I learned to swim--once in Bear Creek and six times in the Mississippi.
I do not know who the people were who interfered with the intentions of
a Providence wiser than themselves but I hold a grudge against them yet. - Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol 1 (2010) |
AI image created by Barbara Schmidt |
Young Sam Clemens being rescued by a black slave woman. Illustration by Emlen McConnell from SUNDAY MAGAZINE, August 2, 1908 |
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