“I was always told that I was a sickly and precarious and tiresome and uncertain child, and lived mainly on allopathic medicines during the first seven years of my life.
I asked my mother about this, in her old age—she was in her 88th year—and said:
‘I suppose that during all that time you were uneasy about me?’
‘Yes, the whole time.’
‘Afraid I wouldn’t live?’
After a reflective pause-ostensibly to think out the facts:
‘No—afraid you would.’
It sounds like plagiarism, but it probably wasn’t.”
From the Ken Burns Documentary "Mark Twain" on PBS...no one does it up like Ken Burns 'cept maybe Sam Clemens.
Monday, March 21, 2011
MARK TWAIN
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Just watched that wonderful Mark Twain documentary (from Netflix) about a week ago. Wouldn't you love to be living back in his time when if one couldn't afford one's house in the states one could close it up and live in Europe on a shoestring?
Must have been nice! I've actually nbever read anything by him in its entirety. Love him anyway. And I've never seen this whole documentary before. The first half was excellent, as per usual for Mr. Burns, and I'm about to tkae in part two.
A read a piece a while back about his reaction to having lost a daughter while he was in Europe, and i guess that part will tear my heart out in the next twp hours.
Hi Nita!
Awww, one has called me Nita since I was a little girl! I've added Jazz (10 discs) and National Parks (6 discs) to my Netflix queue to see some more Ken Burns.
Oh, nita, the National parks is awsome! I've watched in clean through a dozen times, and a few of the episodes many more than that. The first 20 minutes will take your breath away it is so nicely written.
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