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Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My Autobiography, published in the North American Review in 1907. "Figures often beguile me," Twain wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" [4] [1] [2]
[201] The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]"; that is, "The water is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain wrote:
To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War , and the Philippine–American War , expressing Twain's anti-imperialist views.
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For years conservatives have insisted that social media companies like Facebook and Twitter are censoring their ideas. A new report directly contradicts that claim, saying the sites aren't ...
Mark Twain: Coarse language, racial stereotypes and use of the N-word 1884 33 14 5 The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Dav Pilkey: Encouraging poor spelling 2002 41 47 — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain: Coarse language, racial stereotypes 1876 — — 83 Alice (series) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: Sexual content 1985–2013 21 2 14 All ...
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared deeply skeptical of arguments by two conservative states that the First Amendment bars the government from pressuring social media platforms to remove online ...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a book that has been censored and considered controversial for over 100 years. [32] It has been argued whether the book should be considered racist, or anti-racist, due to the use of the word " nigger " in the text.