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Source: CU-MARK ([CU-MARK])

Cue: "Drop the book"

Source format: "MS, correspondence card"

Letter type: "correspondence card"

Notes:

Last modified:

Revision History: AB

Published on MTPO: 2007

Print Publication:

MTPDocEd
To Orion Clemens
12 May 1880 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, correspondence card: CU-MARK, UCCL 01802)
May 12.
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My Dear Bro—Drop the book & give your entire mind to the newspaper. The bane of Americans is ovrerwork—& the ruin of any work is a divided interest. ConcencrateⒶemendation—concentrate. One thing at a time.

Yrs in haste
Sam.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):

MS, correspondence card, CU-MARK.

Previous Publication:

MicroML, reel 4.

Provenance:

See Mark Twain Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.

Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ  Concencrate ●  sic
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