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Clemens replied to this letter, acknowledging the strikingnature of the coincidence it related, and added that, had he invented thestory, he would have believed it a case of mental telegraphy. He liked to discuss any man's profession with him, and inhis talks with Flagg he made a sincere effort to get that insight whichwould enable him to appreciate the old masters. But when she snatched the Philippines shestained the flag. MARK TWAIN'S WORK PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE--FROM 1851-1910Note 1.

I hate to say it, but it seems to me that you go too minutely into particulars in describing the feats of the aboriginals. You see, it was my very first attempt at art, and I couldn't rightly get the hang of it along at first. Rogers about the great scheme, inviting the Standard Oilto furnish the capital for it--but it appears not to have borne the testof Mr. Yes, he assented.