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There still remains a doubt inHannibal as to its perfect suitability, but there is no doubt as to itsacceptability. Clemens also believed thatSusy's high-strung nature was especially calculated to receive benefitfrom a serene and confident mental attitude. It was a suggestion not to be discouraged, and the bills and notices, Mark Twain's Farewell Lecture, were published without delay. Timothy School.

But in apresentation copy of 'Roughing It', given to Pond as a souvenir, hewrote: Here ends one of the smoothest and pleasantest trips across thecontinent that any group of five has ever made. If he had abandonedlaw for poetry, there is no telling how far his fame might have reached. reign to it & out of place--the delivery of our political conscience into somebody else's keeping. I agreed thatthey contained confusing statements, and inflicted more or less withjustice and reason; but I said I thought there was truth in them, too.