"The Erie railroad kills 23 to 46; the other 845 railroads kill an average of one-third of a man each; and the rest of that million, amounting in the aggregate to that appalling figure of 987,631 corpses, die naturally in their beds! You will excuse me from taking any more chances on those beds. The railroads are good enough for me."
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Mark Twain, "The Danger of Lying in Bed", The Galaxy, Vol. 11, No. 2 (February 1871).
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