Man Looks In The Abyss, There's Nothing

[mark] Twain Called Congress "the Only Distinctly Native Criminal Class In America. We've Lately Sent A United States Senator To The Penitentiary." That Was A Fact.

If We Want To Understand The Actions Of A Man In The Early 1860's, Put Yourself Back There In His Shoes. As A Young Man He Began Piloting Steamboats On The Mississippi, A Job He Loved And Wanted To Do The Rest Of His Life, He Said. The Civil War Ended Traffic On The River And His Job. He Wrote About It In A History Of A Campaign That Failed. He Said: "i Joined The Confederacy, Served For Two Weeks, Deserted, And The Confederacy Fell." His Attachment To The Southern Ideal Of Slavery Does Not Appear Very Sturdy.

[mark] Twain Is Pointing At You. You, The Reader Of The Book One Hundred And Thirty Years Ago And Today. That Is What Has Made It A Great American Novel And The Most Widely Read Book In American Literature Around The World Today.

I Have A Suicide Impulse.

This Is A Deep And Personal Topic In Our Society Today. Read The Papers. America Is Hurting Because Of It. For God's Sake, Speak Up. Don't We Need To Learn Respect For People's Feelings? What Is Going To School For? To Learn How To Add?