It is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history...and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "Letter III." Letters from the Earth. Harper & Row, 1962.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. Letters from the Earth." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004, letter 3.