...is Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way d... ...e of them, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series. Cover design: Jim Manis, (photo of Twain in the l... ...he carpetway clear. Nobody moved or spoke any more but only waited. In a short time the shrill piping of a coming train was heard, and immediately gro... ...e lofty Neckar hills to their beguiling and im- pressive charm in any country; but German legends and fairy tales have given these an added charm. The... ...for himself whether he will work or play; for German university life is a very free life; it seems to have no re- straints. The student does not live ... ...arp pain the hurts were inflicting. This was good fortitude, indeed. Such endur- ance is to be expected in savages and prize-fighters, for they are bo... ...nce. The cellar had two feet of stagnant water in it, and was bottomed with six inches of soft mud. But I wander from the point. It was the subject of... ... tan-yard a fortnight before his death. The fifty dollars had gone promptly for whiskey and had considerably hurried up the change of ownership in the... ...ould be so divinely beautiful. The great crowd which the “Fremersberg” had called out was another evidence that it was low-grade music; for only the f...

Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ..................................................................... ... 125 AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER .................................................. ...the Bessemer furnace and refines it into steel of the first quality. It is educated, now —its training is complete. And it has reached its limit. By n... ...s complete. And it has reached its limit. By no possible process can it be educated into gold. Will you set that down? Y.M. Yes. “Everything has its l... ...g. He correctly observed, and he marvelously painted. He exactly portrayed people whom God had cre ated; but he created none himself. Let us spare h... ...orm it. Mark T wain 19 O.M. But there is here and there a man who would. People, for instance, like the man who lost his life trying to save the chi... ...hine Note.—When Mrs. W. asks how can a millionaire give a single dollar to colleges and museums while one human being is destitute of bread, she has a... ...like the one blind man where all others see; the one groping savage in the college of the learned, and always, during service, I feel like a heretic i... ...l time! It is the very way Professor Osborn and I built the colossal skel eton brontosaur that stands fifty seven feet long and six teen feet high i...

Excerpt: What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

............ 118 SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY ................................................................................................ 125 AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER ..................................................................................................................... 135 WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS .........................................................