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Source: New York Historical Society, New York, N.Y ([NHi])

Cue: "When doctors disagree"

Source format: "MS"

Letter type: "[standard letter]"

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Revision History: Larson, Brian

Published on MTPO: 2012

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To Lorenz Reich
2 December 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: NHi, UCCL 09103)
My Dear Sir:

“When doctors disagree” calamity impends. But they seem to have agreed, this time, in a solid body. I am not surprised that they, & Mr. Longfellow, & President Garfield voted as a unit in attestation of the great & unique virtues of your Toykayer Aŭsbruch; & I am not surprised to find myself adding my vote to theirs, & following their lead; for I discover in this delightful wine all that they discovered in it, with this addition: that, taken in right measure, it heals the worn mind as well as the wasted body.

Ignorance is the enemy of man. I was afraid of the Aŭsbruch, until I looked in the dictionary, for I thought it meant Explosion, & dimly connected it with dynamite.

Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens

Lorenz Reich, Esq.

Lorenz Reich, Esq | 13 W. 11th st. | New York return address: return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days postmarked: hartford conn. dec 2 6pm docketed: Mark Twain Dec. 2 82 and

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MS, Lorenz Reich Papers, NHi.

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MicroPUL, reel 2.

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