"[Citing a familiar "American joke":] In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his parents?"
— Mark Twain

January 1, 1970

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"What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us?", in How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (1897)