The always quotable Mark Twain published millions of words in his 74-year lifetime, most quite delectable.. But some of his last published statements, issued just days after his death a century ago this April 21, are the stuff that might make an author and former newsman like Twain want to scream, “Get me rewrite!”
These were his last words. Laying them aside, he sank first into reverie and later into final unconsciousness. There was no thought at the time, however, that the end was so near. At 5 o'clock Dr. Robert Halsey, who had been continuously in attendance, said: ... "Mark Twain gave pleasure -- real intellectual enjoyment -- to millions, and his ...
Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died on this day in 1910. As a columnist who has often covered the last moments of the famous and great, this medical historian can say ...
Mark Twain died here on April 21, a century ago. He was 74, and in failing health, his. newslink. News; ... Last words: Mark Twain’s final, stormy years are revisited News. Apr 25, 2010 - 12 ...
Mark Twain’s Last Words. On the day Mark Twain passed, by his side were Mrs. Gabrilowitsch (his daughter, Clara Clemens), her husband, Dr. Robert Halsey, Dr. Quintard, Albert Bigelow Paine, who his autobiography was dictated and who would write Mark Twain’s biography and is his literary executor, and the two trained nurses. ...
The opening line of Mark Twain's last will and testament begins humbly enough. It reads, "I, Samuel L. Clemens of the Town of Redding." While the writing is not as colorful as the memorable way he ...
When you look at Mark Twain's history, it's a wonder that he even smiled at all. Advertisement. He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in a wee hamlet in Missouri, says Biography. The family moved to Hannibal, relatively larger and on the banks of the Mississippi River, when he was four. Sam was the sixth child in the family, premature ...
Last Words of Great Men / Mark Twain Marshal Neil's last words were: "L'armee fran-caise!" (The French. army.)--Exchange. What a sad thing it is to see a man close a grand career with a. plagiarism in his mouth. Napoleon's last words were: "Tete d'armee." (Head of the army.) Neither of those remarks amounts to anything as
Mark Twain died, as truly as it can be said of any man, of a broken heart. The last bit of literary work he did was a chapter of his unfinished autobiography describing his daughter Jeanes death. He sought diversion in Bermuda, where he was the guest of the American vice consul, William H. Allen, whose young daughter, Helen, acted as amanuensis ...
"In those four words America announces to a weeping world the loss of her foremost literary man." It had been a quarter of a century since Twain's classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but Twain remained the country's most famous and beloved writer, the slouching, white-suited, frizzy-haired humorist and storyteller.
Mark Twain's last words, addressed to his sole surviving family member, his daughter Clara, were spoken from the peace of his death bed. "Good-by... If we meet . . ." He looked at her a short time ...
REDDING, Conn. — Mark Twain died here on April 21, a century ago. He was 74, and in failing health, his heart – his tobacco heart, he called it – so weak that he interr…
"Wash me well, hold me to your breast, protect me from the earth (lying against) your breast." [5]— Ḫattušili I, Hittite king (17th century BC), probably addressing his wife or favorite concubine and expressing his fear of death while being gravely ill. [note 1]"Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him."
Mr. Twain: Honored Sir — We have seen, from your pen, An article headed, " Last Words of Great Men. " O, thank you, sir! Bless you! You've started a doubt; That shall grow till it puts our maligners to rout; For these great men were married, or some of them were, That's certain; and we, sir, shall beg to infer, Hence, the probable end of a charge we have heard, That a man with
Thomas Hobbes: “I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap into the dark,” Alfred Jarry: “I am dying…please, bring me a toothpick.” Hunter S. Thompson: “Relax – this won’t hurt.” Henrik Ibsen: “On the contrary!” Anton Chekhov: “I haven’t had champagne for a long time.” Mark Twain: “Good bye.
