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July 1877 • Unknown place
(MS facsimile: Bruno 1916, UCCL 09284)
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Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard & give you opportunity to [commit] more.1

Ys Truly

Sam. L. Clemens
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July ’77.

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1Clemens almost certainly used this autograph sentiment more than once: it later became known as one of his maxims, published in More Maxims of Mark (SLC 1927, 5).



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MS facsimile, Guido Bruno, Bruno’s Weekly (22 January 1916), 2:1.

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MicroML, reel 4; Nate D. Sanders online catalog, accessed April 2012, lot 18, MS facsimile.

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The MS was In the Patrick F. Madigan collection in 1916, and offered for sale in 2012 by Nate D. Sanderss, of Los Angeles, California.

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