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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
Wit and Humor...
Vendor: NOVELISTS
Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage -- the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
Source: Mark Twain's Notebooks and Journals, vol. 3, Notebook 24, April-Aug. 1885; ed. Frederick Anderson, 1979.
-- 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.