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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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SPIRIT

Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
- What Is Man?

Spirit...has fifty times the strength and staying-power of brawn and muscle.
- "Saint Joan of Arc" essay, 1904

Spiridon portrait
Poster based on the painting of Twain by Ignace Spiridon, 1898.
Posters were made of the original portrait and used as promotional items in a revival play of
PUDD'NHEAD WILSON performed in 1901. The Shipman Bros. were responsible for the revival.


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