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What Is Man? and Other Essays

by Mark Twain

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  1. What Is Man- Sec. I

    21:25

  2. What Is Man- Sec. II

    29:11

  3. What Is Man- Sec. III

    20:23

  4. What Is Man- Sec. IV

    34:15

  5. What Is Man- Sec. V

    21:22

  6. What Is Man- Sec. VI

    43:45

  7. What Is Man- Conclusion

    14:36

  8. The Death of Jean

    28:58

  9. The Turning-Point of My Life

    23:02

  10. How to Make History Dates Stick

    32:59

  11. The Memorable Assassination

    27:05

  12. A Scrap of curious History

    18:02

  13. Switzerland, the Cradle of Liberty

    26:02

  14. At The Shrine of St. Wagner

    33:32

  15. William Dean Howells

    22:02

  16. English As She Is Taught

    31:06

  17. A Simplified Alphabet

    11:52

  18. As Concerns Interpreting The Diety

    17:36

  19. Concerning Tobacco

    7:44

  20. The Bee

    8:40

  21. Taming the Bicycle

    20:14

  22. Is Shakespeare Dead? section 1-3

    33:44

  23. Is Shakespeare Dead? section 4-7

    37:33

  24. Is Shakespeare Dead? section 8-9

    39:51

  25. Is Shakespeare Dead? section 10-13

    32:40

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A comparison between steam engines becomes a dispute about human thought in Mark Twain's opening essay. An older speaker argues that inherited traits, education and outside influences determine a person's abilities and opinions. His younger companion resists, testing the argument through reflection, personal credit and artistic creation. Their alternating challenges and replies give the philosophical discussion the pace of a conversation, while leaving room for disagreement about what people can claim as their own.

Elsewhere, close observation gives way to comic invention. A view of the Jungfrau from the Victoria Hotel prompts descriptions of mountain shapes and shifting light, followed by an improbable account of Irish kings and a missionary. The contents also include pieces about classroom language, alphabet reform, a bee, bicycle riding and literary authorship. This range makes the collection useful for readers who want to explore how Twain moves between abstract argument, travel impressions and humor drawn from ordinary interests.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".

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