Mark Twain – 9 Countries – 9 Quotes

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Mark Twain was extraordinarily well traveled for a man of his generation. Here are some of his thoughts on nine countries he visited.

ORIGINAL illustration by Mark Anderson exclusively for What Mark Twain Learned Me ’bout Public Speakin’ by Conor Cunneen

FRANCE

“We have come five hundred miles by rail through the heart of France. What a bewitching land it is! What a garden! Surely the leagues of bright green lawns are swept and brushed and watered every day and their grasses trimmed by the barber.” – The Innocents Abroad 

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