"He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
— Mark Twain

January 1, 1970

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Cited by: William E. Phipps, Mark Twain's Religion, Mercer University Press, 2003, p. 18 Richard Locke, Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels, Columbia University Press, p. 12