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'''Samuel Langhorne Clemens''' ([[November 30]] [[1835]] — [[April 21]] [[1910]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Mark Twain''', was an [[United States|American]] [[humorist]], [[satirist]], [[writer]], and [[lecture]]r. Twain is most noted for his novels ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (which has since been called a [[Great American Novel]]. and ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]''. He is also known for ''[[1601 (Mark Twain)|1601]]''. '''Samuel Langhorne Clemens''' ([[November 30]] [[1835]] — [[April 21]] [[1910]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Mark Twain''', was an [[United States|American]] [[humorist]], [[satirist]], [[writer]], and [[lecture]]r. Twain is most noted for his novels ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' (which has since been called a [[Great American Novel]]. and ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]''. He is also known for ''[[1601 (Mark Twain)|1601]]''.

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"The kodak has been a sore calamity to us. The most powerful enemy indeed. In the early years we had no trouble getting the press to “expose” the tales of mutilations as slanders, lies, inventions . . . and by the press’s help we got the Christian nations everywhere to turn an irritated and unbelieving ear to these tales. . . . Then all of a sudden came the crash! That is to say, the incorruptible kodak ... The only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I could not bribe." --King Leopold's Soliloquy

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 — April 21 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has since been called a Great American Novel. and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for 1601.

During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists, and European royalty.

Clemens enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."

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