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
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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