 Illustration by Dan Beard for 1899 edition of A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT |
My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring
a body up to believe anything. I had to put myself in Sandy's place to realize
that she was not a lunatic. Yes, and put her in mine, to demonstrate how
easy it is to seem a lunatic to a person who has not been taught as you
have been taught. - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
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There is nothing that training cannot do. Nothing is
above its reach or below it. It can turn bad morals to good, good morals
to bad; it can destroy principles, it can recreate them; it can debase
angels to men and lift men to angels. And it can do any of these miracles
in a year -- even six months.
- "As Regards Patriotism" |
 Page from 1917 Mark Twain Calendar published by Sully and Kleinteich of NY by arrangement with Harper & Brothers from the Dave Thomson collection |
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