Re: Mark Twain


levin.jj@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Came across this today (you Google users know where) and couldn't
resist. The guy was a genius. The more I read his non-fiction, the more
I admire him:

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in
almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.

- Mark Twain


Agreed, he was a master. I recently read the part about his visit to
Eretz Israel in "Innocents Abroad". Very interesting (it is available
on line in the "Gutenberg Project"). He graphically describes
the incredible desolation of the country. He doesn't hardly mention
Jews there, but he became a good friend of the Jewish people.

.

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