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22 February 1883 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS facsimile: Paul C. Richards catalog, March 1964, no. 11, lot 74, UCCL 09325)
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The man who speaks an injurious truth lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.—⟦From “On the Decay of the Art of Lying,” (Stolen White Elephant, Etc.)[⟧]
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Hartford Feb 22/83.
Source text(s):MS facsimile, Paul C. Richards catalog, March 1964, no. 11, lot 74.
Previous publication:
Charles Hamilton auction catalog, sale of 16 May 1963, lot 56, partial transcription; James Lowe Autographs catalog, date unknown, no. 38, lot 19, MS facsimile and partial transcription; MicroPUL, reel 2.
