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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
As a rule...
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As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and. . . Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.
Source: Some National Stupidities, repr. in Complete Essays, ed. Charles Neider, 1963.
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US novelist, journalist, river pilot; The Great American humorist was also known as The People's Author and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.